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#CEF91C

#cef91c ≈ Electric Lime

  • yellow-green
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#cef91c 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 10.98% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 17.27% cyan, 0% magenta, 88.76% yellow and 2.35% black. Its hue angle is 71.67°, with 94.85% saturation and 54.31% 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 17.19:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Electric Lime (#ccff00), ΔE 1.51.

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Web safe#ccff33
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Relative luminance0.8096

Complementary

  1. #cef91c
  2. #471cf9

Split complementary

  1. #cef91c
  2. #1c60f9
  3. #b51cf9

Analogous

  1. #f9b51c
  2. #cef91c
  3. #60f91c

Triadic

  1. #cef91c
  2. #1ccef9
  3. #f91cce

Tetradic

  1. #cef91c
  2. #1cf947
  3. #471cf9
  4. #f91cce

Square

  1. #cef91c
  2. #1cf9b5
  3. #471cf9
  4. #f91c60

Monochromatic

  1. #627903
  2. #9ec305
  3. #cef91c
  4. #defb67
  5. #eefdb1

Shades

#cef91c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cef91c
  2. #b9e019
  3. #a5c716
  4. #90ae14
  5. #7c9511
  6. #677d0e
  7. #52640b
  8. #3e4b08
  9. #293206
  10. #151903
  11. #000000

Tints

#cef91c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cef91c
  2. #d3fa33
  3. #d8fa49
  4. #ddfb60
  5. #e2fb77
  6. #e7fc8e
  7. #ebfda4
  8. #f0fdbb
  9. #f5fed2
  10. #fafee8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cef91c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cef91c
  2. #c6ed26
  3. #bee130
  4. #b7d53a
  5. #afc944
  6. #a7bd4e
  7. #9fb058
  8. #97a462
  9. #90986c
  10. #888c76
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.22:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.19:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e8e8e8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #deefba ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ffe900 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffe83c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #daecd4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f3f000 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f0ef32 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d5f1aa ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cef91c {
  color: #cef91c;
}
Background
.bg-cef91c {
  background-color: #cef91c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cef91c {
  border: 2px solid #cef91c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cef91c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 206 249 28;
  --color-primary-hsl: 72 95% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cef91c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cef91c, #60f91c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cef91c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(206 249 28 / 0.35);
}

#ccff00 Electric Lime ΔE 1.51 #dfff00 Chartreuse Yellow ΔE 2.91 #e3ff00 Lemon Lime ΔE 3.55 #a7fc00 Spring Bud ΔE 5.73 #adff2f Green Yellow ΔE 5.89 #d1e231 Pear ΔE 5.93 #b2ec5d Inchworm ΔE 7.82 #3106e3 Inverted #e8e8e8 Grayscale 

Electric Lime
#cef91c  rgb(206, 249, 28)  hsl(72, 95%, 54%)  Electric Lime
#471cf9  rgb(71, 28, 249)  hsl(252, 95%, 54%)  Han Purple
#1ccef9  rgb(28, 206, 249)  hsl(192, 95%, 54%)  Sky Blue
#f91cce  rgb(249, 28, 206)  hsl(312, 95%, 54%)  Shocking Pink