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#ccff00 Electric Lime

  • yellow-green
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
  • Web safe
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#ccff00 (Electric Lime) is a color from the yellow-green family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80% red, 100% green and 0% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 20% cyan, 0% magenta, 100% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 72°, with 100% saturation and 50% 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 17.87:1 (WCAG AAA).

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Relative luminance0.8436

Complementary

  1. #ccff00
  2. #3300ff

Split complementary

  1. #ccff00
  2. #004cff
  3. #b300ff

Analogous

  1. #ffb300
  2. #ccff00
  3. #4cff00

Triadic

  1. #ccff00
  2. #00ccff
  3. #ff00cc

Tetradic

  1. #ccff00
  2. #00ff33
  3. #3300ff
  4. #ff00cc

Square

  1. #ccff00
  2. #00ffb3
  3. #3300ff
  4. #ff004c

Monochromatic

  1. #526600
  2. #8fb300
  3. #ccff00
  4. #dbff4d
  5. #ebff99

Shades

#ccff00 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ccff00
  2. #b8e600
  3. #a3cc00
  4. #8fb300
  5. #7a9900
  6. #668000
  7. #526600
  8. #3d4d00
  9. #293300
  10. #141a00
  11. #000000

Tints

#ccff00 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ccff00
  2. #d1ff1a
  3. #d6ff33
  4. #dbff4d
  5. #e0ff66
  6. #e6ff80
  7. #ebff99
  8. #f0ffb3
  9. #f5ffcc
  10. #faffe6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ccff00 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ccff00
  2. #c4f20d
  3. #bde61a
  4. #b5d926
  5. #aecc33
  6. #a6c040
  7. #9eb34d
  8. #97a65a
  9. #8f9966
  10. #888d73
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.18:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.87:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ededed ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e0f4bd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ffee00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffec35 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d7f1d9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f7f500 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f2f428 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d3f7ad ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ccff00 {
  color: #ccff00;
}
Background
.bg-ccff00 {
  background-color: #ccff00;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ccff00 {
  border: 2px solid #ccff00;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ccff00;
  --color-primary-rgb: 204 255 0;
  --color-primary-hsl: 72 100% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ccff00 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ccff00, #4cff00);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ccff00 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(204 255 0 / 0.35);
}

#dfff00 Chartreuse Yellow ΔE 3.20 #e3ff00 Lemon Lime ΔE 3.91 #a7fc00 Spring Bud ΔE 5.10 #adff2f Green Yellow ΔE 5.28 #d1e231 Pear ΔE 7.43 #b2ec5d Inchworm ΔE 8.34 #3300ff Inverted #ededed Grayscale 

Electric Lime
#ccff00  rgb(204, 255, 0)  hsl(72, 100%, 50%)  Electric Lime
#3300ff  rgb(51, 0, 255)  hsl(252, 100%, 50%)  Ultramarine
#00ccff  rgb(0, 204, 255)  hsl(192, 100%, 50%)  Deep Sky Blue
#ff00cc  rgb(255, 0, 204)  hsl(312, 100%, 50%)  Shocking Pink