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#CEFA18

#cefa18 ≈ Electric Lime

  • yellow-green
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#cefa18 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, 98.04% green and 9.41% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 17.6% cyan, 0% magenta, 90.4% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 71.68°, with 95.76% saturation and 53.73% 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 17.31:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Electric Lime (#ccff00), ΔE 1.28.

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Web safe#ccff00
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Relative luminance0.8156

Complementary

  1. #cefa18
  2. #4418fa

Split complementary

  1. #cefa18
  2. #185dfa
  3. #b518fa

Analogous

  1. #fab518
  2. #cefa18
  3. #5dfa18

Triadic

  1. #cefa18
  2. #18cefa
  3. #fa18ce

Tetradic

  1. #cefa18
  2. #18fa44
  3. #4418fa
  4. #fa18ce

Square

  1. #cefa18
  2. #18fab5
  3. #4418fa
  4. #fa185d

Monochromatic

  1. #607603
  2. #9dc104
  3. #cefa18
  4. #defc63
  5. #eefdae

Shades

#cefa18 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cefa18
  2. #b9e116
  3. #a5c813
  4. #90af11
  5. #7c960e
  6. #677d0c
  7. #52640a
  8. #3e4b07
  9. #293205
  10. #151902
  11. #000000

Tints

#cefa18 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cefa18
  2. #d3fb2f
  3. #d8fb46
  4. #ddfc5d
  5. #e2fc74
  6. #e7fd8c
  7. #ebfda3
  8. #f0feba
  9. #f5fed1
  10. #faffe8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cefa18 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cefa18
  2. #c6ee22
  3. #bee22d
  4. #b7d537
  5. #afc942
  6. #a7bd4c
  7. #9fb156
  8. #97a561
  9. #90986b
  10. #888c76
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.21:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.31:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e9e9e9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #dff0ba ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ffea00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffe93a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #daecd5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f4f100 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f0f030 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d5f2aa ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cefa18 {
  color: #cefa18;
}
Background
.bg-cefa18 {
  background-color: #cefa18;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cefa18 {
  border: 2px solid #cefa18;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cefa18;
  --color-primary-rgb: 206 250 24;
  --color-primary-hsl: 72 96% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cefa18 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cefa18, #5dfa18);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cefa18 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(206 250 24 / 0.35);
}

#ccff00 Electric Lime ΔE 1.28 #dfff00 Chartreuse Yellow ΔE 2.84 #e3ff00 Lemon Lime ΔE 3.51 #a7fc00 Spring Bud ΔE 5.66 #adff2f Green Yellow ΔE 5.83 #d1e231 Pear ΔE 6.16 #b2ec5d Inchworm ΔE 7.94 #3105e7 Inverted #e9e9e9 Grayscale 

Electric Lime
#cefa18  rgb(206, 250, 24)  hsl(72, 96%, 54%)  Electric Lime
#4418fa  rgb(68, 24, 250)  hsl(252, 96%, 54%)  Han Purple
#18cefa  rgb(24, 206, 250)  hsl(192, 96%, 54%)  Deep Sky Blue
#fa18ce  rgb(250, 24, 206)  hsl(312, 96%, 54%)  Shocking Pink