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#ECFA2A

#ecfa2a ≈ Lemon Lime

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ecfa2a is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.55% red, 98.04% green and 16.47% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 5.6% cyan, 0% magenta, 83.2% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 64.04°, with 95.41% saturation and 57.25% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with optimism, attention and joy. Designers typically use it for highlights and warnings, children's products and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 18.27:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Lemon Lime (#e3ff00), ΔE 2.49.

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Web safe#ffff33
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Relative luminance0.8637

Complementary

  1. #ecfa2a
  2. #382afa

Split complementary

  1. #ecfa2a
  2. #2a84fa
  3. #a02afa

Analogous

  1. #faa02a
  2. #ecfa2a
  3. #84fa2a

Triadic

  1. #ecfa2a
  2. #2aecfa
  3. #fa2aec

Tetradic

  1. #ecfa2a
  2. #2afa38
  3. #382afa
  4. #fa2aec

Square

  1. #ecfa2a
  2. #2afaa0
  3. #382afa
  4. #fa2a84

Monochromatic

  1. #7f8803
  2. #c5d305
  3. #ecfa2a
  4. #f3fc75
  5. #f9febf

Shades

#ecfa2a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ecfa2a
  2. #d4e126
  3. #bdc822
  4. #a5af1d
  5. #8e9619
  6. #767d15
  7. #5e6411
  8. #474b0d
  9. #2f3208
  10. #181904
  11. #000000

Tints

#ecfa2a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ecfa2a
  2. #eefb3f
  3. #f0fb55
  4. #f2fc6a
  5. #f4fc7f
  6. #f6fd95
  7. #f7fdaa
  8. #f9febf
  9. #fbfed4
  10. #fdffea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ecfa2a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ecfa2a
  2. #e1ee33
  3. #d6e23b
  4. #ccd544
  5. #c1c94c
  6. #b6bd55
  7. #abb15e
  8. #a0a566
  9. #96986f
  10. #8b8c77
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.15:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 18.27:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #efefef ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #eef4c0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ffed00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #fff141 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fcebd6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #fff300 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #fff539 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f6f1ac ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ecfa2a {
  color: #ecfa2a;
}
Background
.bg-ecfa2a {
  background-color: #ecfa2a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ecfa2a {
  border: 2px solid #ecfa2a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ecfa2a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 250 42;
  --color-primary-hsl: 64 95% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ecfa2a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ecfa2a, #84fa2a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ecfa2a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 250 42 / 0.35);
}

#e3ff00 Lemon Lime ΔE 2.49 #dfff00 Chartreuse Yellow ΔE 3.08 #ffff31 Daffodil ΔE 3.19 #ffff00 Yellow ΔE 3.72 #ffff66 Laser Lemon ΔE 4.45 #fcf75e Icterine ΔE 4.73 #fff700 Lemon ΔE 4.83 #1305d5 Inverted #efefef Grayscale 

Lemon Lime
#ecfa2a  rgb(236, 250, 42)  hsl(64, 95%, 57%)  Lemon Lime
#382afa  rgb(56, 42, 250)  hsl(244, 95%, 57%)  Han Purple
#2aecfa  rgb(42, 236, 250)  hsl(184, 95%, 57%)  Electric Blue
#fa2aec  rgb(250, 42, 236)  hsl(304, 95%, 57%)  Fuchsia