Lemon Lime (#E3FF00)

HEX, RGB, HSL, CMYK values + mood/style/use-case color tags. Use this page to keep your colors consistent across web and print.

Preview

Sample Text

This is how text may look on this color.

Best text color: #000000
Contrast vs white: 1.13:1 — vs black: 18.57:1

Color values

HEX #E3FF00
RGB rgb(227, 255, 0)
HSL hsl(66, 100%, 100%)
CMYK cmyk( 10.98, 0, 100, 0 )

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Tags

Mood

Style

Neon (200) Warm (180)

Use case

Text (210) Button (200) Background (190)

Tip: tags are heuristic suggestions (helpful for browsing and inspiration).

Color Harmonies

Colors that pair well with #E3FF00 based on color theory relationships.

Complementary

The color directly opposite on the color wheel — creates maximum contrast and vibrance.

Lemon Lime
#E3FF00 Base

#1C00FF

Analogous

Colors adjacent on the wheel — naturally harmonious and pleasing to the eye.

Lemon Lime
#E3FF00 Base

#FF9B00

#64FF00

Triadic

Three colors equally spaced 120° apart — bold, balanced, and visually rich.

Lemon Lime
#E3FF00 Base

#00E3FF

#FF00E3

Split-Complementary

Two colors flanking the complement — high contrast with less tension than full complementary.

Lemon Lime
#E3FF00 Base

#0064FF

#9B00FF

Tetradic (Square)

Four colors at 90° intervals — rich variety, best when one color dominates.

Lemon Lime
#E3FF00 Base

#00FF9B

#1C00FF

#FF0064

Monochromatic

Shades and tints of the same hue — cohesive, elegant, and easy to work with.

Lemon Lime
#E3FF00 Base

#5B6600

#9FB300

#BFD600

#E7FF29

#EBFF4D

#F4FF99

Shades & Tints

Darker shades and lighter tints of Lemon Lime, generated by adjusting lightness while keeping the same hue and saturation.

Shades (darker)

— #171A00

— #404700

— #687500

— #91A300

— #BAD100

Lemon Lime #E3FF00 Base

— #E8FF2E

— #EDFF5C

— #F2FF8A

— #F7FFB8

— #FCFFE6

CSS & SCSS Snippets

Ready-to-use code snippets for #E3FF00. Click the copy button to copy any snippet to your clipboard.

/* Background */
.element {
    background-color: #E3FF00;
}

/* Text */
.element {
    color: #E3FF00;
}

/* Border */
.element {
    border: 1px solid #E3FF00;
}

/* Linear gradient to complementary */
.element {
    background: linear-gradient(
        to right,
        #E3FF00,
        #FFFFFF
    );
}

/* Radial gradient */
.element {
    background: radial-gradient(
        circle,
        #E3FF00,
        #FFFFFF
    );
}

// SCSS variable
$lemon-lime: #E3FF00;

// With RGB channels (useful for rgba() usage)
$lemon-lime-r: 227;
$lemon-lime-g: 255;
$lemon-lime-b: 0;

// Usage
.element {
    background-color: $lemon-lime;
    color: rgba($lemon-lime-r, $lemon-lime-g, $lemon-lime-b, 0.8);
}

Color Blindness Simulation

How Lemon Lime appears to people with different types of color vision deficiency.

Normal Vision #E3FF00 How the color appears with full color vision.

Deuteranopia #F7F710 Deuteranopia affects ~8% of males. Green cones are absent, making it difficult to distinguish red from green. The most common form of color blindness.

Protanopia #FCFC00 Protanopia affects ~1% of males. Red cones are absent, causing reds to appear dark and indistinguishable from greens and browns.

Tritanopia #F4F0F0 Tritanopia is rare (~0.003%). Blue cones are absent, making blue and yellow difficult to distinguish. Blues may appear green, yellows appear pink.

Achromatopsia #F1F1F1 Achromatopsia is complete color blindness. The world is seen entirely in shades of grey. Affects ~1 in 30,000 people.

Similar Named Colors

The closest named colors to Lemon Lime ranked by perceptual difference (Delta-E 2000 — lower = more similar).

Lemon Lime #E3FF00 Base

Chartreuse (traditional) #DFFF00 ΔE 0.72

Fluorescent Yellow #CCFF00 ΔE 3.91

Lemon Glacier #FDFF00 ΔE 5.01

Yellow (RYB) #FEFE33 ΔE 5.14

How to use this color

Copy HEX for CSS and design tools, or RGB/HSL for UI adjustments.
Use CMYK when preparing print assets (posters, packaging, brochures).
Check contrast before using it for text or important UI elements.