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#CEF90F

#cef90f ≈ Electric Lime

  • yellow-green
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#cef90f is a color from the yellow-green family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80.78% red, 97.65% green and 5.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 17.27% cyan, 0% magenta, 93.98% yellow and 2.35% black. Its hue angle is 71.03°, with 95.12% saturation and 51.76% 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 17.18:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Electric Lime (#ccff00), ΔE 1.48.

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Web safe#ccff00
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Relative luminance0.8091

Complementary

  1. #cef90f
  2. #3a0ff9

Split complementary

  1. #cef90f
  2. #0f59f9
  3. #af0ff9

Analogous

  1. #f9af0f
  2. #cef90f
  3. #59f90f

Triadic

  1. #cef90f
  2. #0fcef9
  3. #f90fce

Tetradic

  1. #cef90f
  2. #0ff93a
  3. #3a0ff9
  4. #f90fce

Square

  1. #cef90f
  2. #0ff9af
  3. #3a0ff9
  4. #f90f59

Monochromatic

  1. #596c03
  2. #96b705
  3. #cef90f
  4. #ddfb5a
  5. #ecfda4

Shades

#cef90f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cef90f
  2. #b9e00e
  3. #a5c70c
  4. #90ae0b
  5. #7c9509
  6. #677d08
  7. #526406
  8. #3e4b05
  9. #293203
  10. #151902
  11. #000000

Tints

#cef90f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cef90f
  2. #d3fa27
  3. #d8fa3f
  4. #ddfb57
  5. #e2fb6f
  6. #e7fc87
  7. #ebfd9f
  8. #f0fdb7
  9. #f5fecf
  10. #fafee7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cef90f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cef90f
  2. #c6ed1a
  3. #bee126
  4. #b7d531
  5. #afc93c
  6. #a7bd48
  7. #9fb053
  8. #97a45e
  9. #909869
  10. #888c75
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.22:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.18:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e8e8e8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #deefb9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ffe900 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffe837 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #daebd4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f4f000 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f0ef2c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d5f1a9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cef90f {
  color: #cef90f;
}
Background
.bg-cef90f {
  background-color: #cef90f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cef90f {
  border: 2px solid #cef90f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cef90f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 206 249 15;
  --color-primary-hsl: 71 95% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cef90f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cef90f, #59f90f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cef90f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(206 249 15 / 0.35);
}

#ccff00 Electric Lime ΔE 1.48 #dfff00 Chartreuse Yellow ΔE 2.72 #e3ff00 Lemon Lime ΔE 3.37 #a7fc00 Spring Bud ΔE 5.86 #d1e231 Pear ΔE 5.96 #adff2f Green Yellow ΔE 6.08 #b2ec5d Inchworm ΔE 8.11 #3106f0 Inverted #e8e8e8 Grayscale 

Electric Lime
#cef90f  rgb(206, 249, 15)  hsl(71, 95%, 52%)  Electric Lime
#3a0ff9  rgb(58, 15, 249)  hsl(251, 95%, 52%)  Ultramarine
#0fcef9  rgb(15, 206, 249)  hsl(191, 95%, 52%)  Sky Blue
#f90fce  rgb(249, 15, 206)  hsl(311, 95%, 52%)  Shocking Pink