Color specimenNo. 08702998

#84CC16

Bright Lime

A deterministic reference card for #84CC16. Every value, scheme, and snippet below is computed from the hex — no database, no guesswork.

RGB
132, 204, 22
HSL
84°, 81%, 44%
Text
Black on top

Tailwind CSS · lime

tailwind · lime 500

The Tailwind CSS utility classes bg-lime-500, text-lime-500, and friends all reference this hex value.

Scale context · lime

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Class name
lime-500
Hex
#84CC16
Closest CSS named color
yellowgreen
Full color breakdown
/color/84cc16

Developer snippets

Copy-ready code

Every snippet below is generated from the hex — not a hand-maintained table.

Conversions

Same color, seven encodings

Nearest matches

Closest in other design systems

Accessibility

Contrast against white & black

On white

The quick brown fox

Jumps over the lazy dog. Testing readability of #84CC16 as the text color.

1.98:1
AA failAAA failLarge fail

Rating · Fail

On black

The quick brown fox

Jumps over the lazy dog. Testing readability of #84CC16 as the text color.

10.63:1
AA passAAA passLarge pass

Rating · AAA

Recommendation

When using #84CC16 as a background, pair it with #000000 text for the best WCAG contrast.

Contrast ratios only — one part of WCAG 2.1. Not a certification of accessibility or legal compliance.

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