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#CEFB40

#cefb40 ≈ Electric Lime

  • yellow-green
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#cefb40 is a color from the yellow-green family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80.78% red, 98.43% green and 25.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 17.93% cyan, 0% magenta, 74.5% yellow and 1.57% black. Its hue angle is 74.44°, with 95.9% saturation and 61.76% 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 17.5:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Electric Lime (#ccff00), ΔE 2.46.

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Web safe#ccff33
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Relative luminance0.8249

Complementary

  1. #cefb40
  2. #6d40fb

Split complementary

  1. #cefb40
  2. #4070fb
  3. #ca40fb

Analogous

  1. #fbca40
  2. #cefb40
  3. #70fb40

Triadic

  1. #cefb40
  2. #40cefb
  3. #fb40ce

Tetradic

  1. #cefb40
  2. #40fb6d
  3. #6d40fb
  4. #fb40ce

Square

  1. #cefb40
  2. #40fbca
  3. #6d40fb
  4. #fb4070

Monochromatic

  1. #799f03
  2. #b3ea05
  3. #cefb40
  4. #e1fd8b
  5. #f4fed6

Shades

#cefb40 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cefb40
  2. #b9e23a
  3. #a5c933
  4. #90b02d
  5. #7c9726
  6. #677e20
  7. #52641a
  8. #3e4b13
  9. #29320d
  10. #151906
  11. #000000

Tints

#cefb40 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cefb40
  2. #d3fb53
  3. #d8fc66
  4. #ddfc79
  5. #e2fd8c
  6. #e7fda0
  7. #ebfdb3
  8. #f0fec6
  9. #f5fed9
  10. #faffec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cefb40 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cefb40
  2. #c6ef46
  3. #bee24d
  4. #b7d653
  5. #afca5a
  6. #a7be60
  7. #9fb166
  8. #97a56d
  9. #909973
  10. #888c7a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.5:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #eaeaea ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e0f1be ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ffeb10 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ffea52 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d9eed8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f4f22a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f0f14b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d5f3b0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cefb40 {
  color: #cefb40;
}
Background
.bg-cefb40 {
  background-color: #cefb40;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cefb40 {
  border: 2px solid #cefb40;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cefb40;
  --color-primary-rgb: 206 251 64;
  --color-primary-hsl: 74 96% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cefb40 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cefb40, #70fb40);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cefb40 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(206 251 64 / 0.35);
}

#ccff00 Electric Lime ΔE 2.46 #dfff00 Chartreuse Yellow ΔE 4.29 #e3ff00 Lemon Lime ΔE 4.89 #adff2f Green Yellow ΔE 4.91 #a7fc00 Spring Bud ΔE 5.16 #b2ec5d Inchworm ΔE 6.37 #d1e231 Pear ΔE 6.56 #3104bf Inverted #eaeaea Grayscale 

Electric Lime
#cefb40  rgb(206, 251, 64)  hsl(74, 96%, 62%)  Electric Lime
#6d40fb  rgb(109, 64, 251)  hsl(254, 96%, 62%)  Majorelle Blue
#40cefb  rgb(64, 206, 251)  hsl(194, 96%, 62%)  Sky Blue
#fb40ce  rgb(251, 64, 206)  hsl(314, 96%, 62%)  Shocking Pink