What color is #B5C396?

#B5C396 is a light, desaturated yellow-green, closest to the named color Seedling. It belongs to the green family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #B5C396?

The RGB value is 181, 195, 150: 181 red, 195 green and 150 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #B5C396?

The complementary color is #A496C3, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #B5C396?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 11.21:1 and white text 1.87:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#B5C396 color

#B5C396 rgb(181, 195, 150)

Shades of green

The hex color #B5C396 is a light, desaturated yellow-green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 71% red, 76.5% green and 58.8% blue (181, 195, 150).

Its hue angle is 79°, with 27% saturation and 68% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 7% cyan, 0% magenta, 23% yellow and 24% black.

The closest named color is Seedling (#C0CBA1), a difference of 2.5 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 11.21:1).

#B5C396 color codes

HEX	`#B5C396`
RGB	`rgb(181, 195, 150)`
RGB percent	`rgb(71%, 76.5%, 58.8%)`
HSL	`hsl(79, 27%, 68%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(79, 23%, 76%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(7%, 0%, 23%, 24%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(76.71, -12.61, 21.07)`
CIE LCH	`lch(76.71, 24.55, 120.91)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(44.076, 51.056, 36.381)`
Decimal	`11912086`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #B5C396, based on their position on the color wheel.

Complementary

The color opposite on the color wheel (180°). Strongest contrast.

Analogous

Neighbors 30° either side. Calm, natural combinations.

Split complementary

The two colors next to the complement (150° and 210°).

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced, 120° apart.

Tetradic (square)

Four colors 90° apart.

Shades, tints and tones

Shades (darker, mixed with black)

Tints (lighter, mixed with white)

Tones (mixed with gray)

Contrast and accessibility

Text on #B5C396	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	11.21:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	1.87:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#B5C396 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	1.87:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	11.21:1	Pass	Pass	Pass

WCAG 2 asks for 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 7:1 for AAA, and 3:1 for large text. Check other pairs.

Color blindness simulation

How #B5C396 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #b5c396; }
.text { color: #b5c396; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b5c396; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(181 195 150 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #b5c396, #9fc396); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Sage Green.

Questions

What color is #B5C396?: #B5C396 is a light, desaturated yellow-green, closest to the named color Seedling. It belongs to the green family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #B5C396?: The RGB value is 181, 195, 150: 181 red, 195 green and 150 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #B5C396?: The complementary color is #A496C3, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #B5C396?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 11.21:1 and white text 1.87:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.