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#C8FA2A

#c8fa2a ≈ Electric Lime

  • yellow-green
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#c8fa2a 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 16.47% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 20% cyan, 0% magenta, 83.2% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 74.42°, with 95.41% saturation and 57.25% 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 17.16:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Electric Lime (#ccff00), ΔE 1.69.

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Web safe#ccff33
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Relative luminance0.8082

Complementary

  1. #c8fa2a
  2. #5c2afa

Split complementary

  1. #c8fa2a
  2. #2a60fa
  3. #c42afa

Analogous

  1. #fac42a
  2. #c8fa2a
  3. #60fa2a

Triadic

  1. #c8fa2a
  2. #2ac8fa
  3. #fa2ac8

Tetradic

  1. #c8fa2a
  2. #2afa5c
  3. #5c2afa
  4. #fa2ac8

Square

  1. #c8fa2a
  2. #2afac4
  3. #5c2afa
  4. #fa2a60

Monochromatic

  1. #688803
  2. #a1d305
  3. #c8fa2a
  4. #dbfc75
  5. #effebf

Shades

#c8fa2a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c8fa2a
  2. #b4e126
  3. #a0c822
  4. #8caf1d
  5. #789619
  6. #647d15
  7. #506411
  8. #3c4b0d
  9. #283208
  10. #141904
  11. #000000

Tints

#c8fa2a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c8fa2a
  2. #cefb3f
  3. #d3fb55
  4. #d9fc6a
  5. #defc7f
  6. #e4fd95
  7. #e9fdaa
  8. #effebf
  9. #f4fed4
  10. #faffea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c8fa2a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c8fa2a
  2. #c1ee33
  3. #bae23b
  4. #b2d544
  5. #abc94c
  6. #a4bd55
  7. #9db15e
  8. #96a566
  9. #8e986f
  10. #878c77
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.22:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.16:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e8e8e8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #dcf0bb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ffea00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffe843 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d2edd6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f2f000 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #edef3b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #cef2ac ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c8fa2a {
  color: #c8fa2a;
}
Background
.bg-c8fa2a {
  background-color: #c8fa2a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c8fa2a {
  border: 2px solid #c8fa2a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c8fa2a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 200 250 42;
  --color-primary-hsl: 74 95% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c8fa2a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c8fa2a, #60fa2a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c8fa2a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(200 250 42 / 0.35);
}

#ccff00 Electric Lime ΔE 1.69 #dfff00 Chartreuse Yellow ΔE 4.19 #a7fc00 Spring Bud ΔE 4.47 #adff2f Green Yellow ΔE 4.51 #e3ff00 Lemon Lime ΔE 4.86 #b2ec5d Inchworm ΔE 6.71 #d1e231 Pear ΔE 6.72 #3705d5 Inverted #e8e8e8 Grayscale 

Electric Lime
#c8fa2a  rgb(200, 250, 42)  hsl(74, 95%, 57%)  Electric Lime
#5c2afa  rgb(92, 42, 250)  hsl(254, 95%, 57%)  Han Purple
#2ac8fa  rgb(42, 200, 250)  hsl(194, 95%, 57%)  Deep Sky Blue
#fa2ac8  rgb(250, 42, 200)  hsl(314, 95%, 57%)  Shocking Pink