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#C8FA21

#c8fa21 ≈ Electric Lime

  • yellow-green
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#c8fa21 is a color from the yellow-green family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 78.43% red, 98.04% green and 12.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 20% cyan, 0% magenta, 86.8% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 73.82°, with 95.59% saturation and 55.49% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with freshness, growth and vitality. Designers typically use it for eco-friendly brands, health and wellness and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 17.15:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Electric Lime (#ccff00), ΔE 1.4.

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Web safe#ccff33
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Relative luminance0.8076

Complementary

  1. #c8fa21
  2. #5321fa

Split complementary

  1. #c8fa21
  2. #215cfa
  3. #bf21fa

Analogous

  1. #fabf21
  2. #c8fa21
  3. #5cfa21

Triadic

  1. #c8fa21
  2. #21c8fa
  3. #fa21c8

Tetradic

  1. #c8fa21
  2. #21fa53
  3. #5321fa
  4. #fa21c8

Square

  1. #c8fa21
  2. #21fabf
  3. #5321fa
  4. #fa215c

Monochromatic

  1. #637f03
  2. #9cca05
  3. #c8fa21
  4. #dbfc6c
  5. #edfdb7

Shades

#c8fa21 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c8fa21
  2. #b4e11e
  3. #a0c81a
  4. #8caf17
  5. #789614
  6. #647d11
  7. #50640d
  8. #3c4b0a
  9. #283207
  10. #141903
  11. #000000

Tints

#c8fa21 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c8fa21
  2. #cefb37
  3. #d3fb4d
  4. #d9fc64
  5. #defc7a
  6. #e4fd90
  7. #e9fda6
  8. #effebc
  9. #f4fed3
  10. #faffe9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c8fa21 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c8fa21
  2. #c1ee2b
  3. #bae234
  4. #b2d53e
  5. #abc947
  6. #a4bd51
  7. #9db15a
  8. #96a564
  9. #8e986d
  10. #878c77
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.22:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.15:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e8e8e8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #dcefba ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ffea00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffe83f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d3edd5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f2f000 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #edef35 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #cef2ab ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c8fa21 {
  color: #c8fa21;
}
Background
.bg-c8fa21 {
  background-color: #c8fa21;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c8fa21 {
  border: 2px solid #c8fa21;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c8fa21;
  --color-primary-rgb: 200 250 33;
  --color-primary-hsl: 74 96% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c8fa21 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c8fa21, #5cfa21);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c8fa21 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(200 250 33 / 0.35);
}

#ccff00 Electric Lime ΔE 1.40 #dfff00 Chartreuse Yellow ΔE 3.95 #a7fc00 Spring Bud ΔE 4.58 #e3ff00 Lemon Lime ΔE 4.63 #adff2f Green Yellow ΔE 4.70 #d1e231 Pear ΔE 6.69 #b2ec5d Inchworm ΔE 7.04 #3705de Inverted #e8e8e8 Grayscale 

Electric Lime
#c8fa21  rgb(200, 250, 33)  hsl(74, 96%, 55%)  Electric Lime
#5321fa  rgb(83, 33, 250)  hsl(254, 96%, 55%)  Han Purple
#21c8fa  rgb(33, 200, 250)  hsl(194, 96%, 55%)  Deep Sky Blue
#fa21c8  rgb(250, 33, 200)  hsl(314, 96%, 55%)  Shocking Pink