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Lime Tone Clear
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Lime Tone Clear

Lime · Hue 90
Hex
#99D062
RGB
rgb(153, 208, 98)
HSL
hsl(90, 54%, 60%)
CMYK
cmyk(26%, 0%, 53%, 18%)
Metrics
S 54% · L 60%
Contrast (WCAG)
on white
1.8:1Fail
on black
11.6:1AA
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About this color

Lime Tone Clear (#99D062) belongs to the lime family — hue 90°, 54% saturation, 60% lightness. Copy the hex, RGB, or HSL value above, or paste the CSS custom property below into your stylesheet to reference this color directly.

CSS
:root {
  --colorarchive-lime-tone-clear: #99D062;
  --colorarchive-lime-tone-clear-hsl: hsl(90, 54%, 60%);
  --colorarchive-lime-tone-clear-rgb: rgb(153, 208, 98);
}

AI Color Names

Let AI suggest alternative poetic names for this color in English and Chinese.

Design Context

VibrantYouthfulDynamic
Common in

Gaming · Streetwear · Energy Drinks

Pairs well with

Black or dark purple for high-contrast impact, white for clean energy

Design tip

Best for accent elements that need to pop. Use with dark backgrounds for maximum visibility in gaming and tech interfaces.

Cultural context ▶

Electric lime signals youth culture, technology, and rebellion. Popular in gaming and urban fashion.

Color Origins

Lime family

Half spring leaf, half pop-art neon.

Heritage

Lime — the yellow-green region of the spectrum — has no classical pigment of its own; painters historically achieved it by mixing yellow ochre with terre verte or lead-tin yellow with verdigris. The brilliant phthalo greens and arylide yellows of the 20th century made saturated lime achievable for the first time, which is why lime feels visually 'modern' even though grass and leaves have always lived there.

Across cultures

In Japan, the moss greens of traditional gardens (yamabuki, moegi) sit at the muted edge of lime. In American pop culture lime exploded with the 1960s — the 'Day-Glo' palette of psychedelic posters depended on it, and Mountain Dew commercialized it. In sportswear lime carries 'high-visibility' connotations (running gear, safety vests) that have lately come back into fashion as a deliberate aesthetic.

In the wild

Tennis balls have been lime-yellow ('optic yellow') since 1972, when Wimbledon found it most visible on color TV. Spotify's #1DB954 and the Xbox brand green both sit at the lime end. Lacoste and BP both run on saturated lime greens. Mountain Dew owns the brilliant supersaturated lime in beverage. In film, The Matrix's coded rain is lime-on-black — the choice was originally about the look of phosphor CRT terminals.

How it reads

Lime is the youngest-feeling green: it reads as fresh, citric, energetic, and slightly synthetic. At low saturation it becomes olive or moss, both heavily associated with craft, sustainability, and slow design. At high saturation it reads as sport, beverage, or technology. Lime is one of the harder hues to use as a primary brand color without trending toward 'energy drink' — many brands therefore use it as an accent against deep neutrals.

This particular tone

A confident mid-tone — this is the workhorse register of the hue, and the band where most successful brand colors live.

Lightness band: At mid-lightness the hue carries its full character. This is the band where most identity colors live: bright enough to be distinctive at small sizes, deep enough to sit cleanly on a white canvas.

Saturation band: The clear, mid-saturation register is the most common identity sweet spot — saturated enough to register as a 'real' color, restrained enough not to fight typography or photography placed over it.

Brands using a similar color

Within the public brand-guidelines reference catalog, these are the closest matches to #99D062.

  • Microsoftprimary
    Xbox Green · #7FBA00
    →
  • Discordaccent
    Online Green · #57F287
    →
  • Patagoniasecondary
    Sunset Yellow · #F4D54F
    →

Cultures using a similar color

From the cultural-palette catalog, these regions feature a color close to #99D062.

  • China (Traditional)Celadon (青瓷)
    #9CB48F · Song Dynasty Longquan kilns
    →
  • IcelandLichen Green
    #9CA577 · Cetraria islandica
    →
  • IrelandConnemara Marble
    #8DA48A · Mottled green-grey native marble
    →

Tonal strip

All lightness levels at this hue and saturation. Click any to navigate.

Palette moves

Instead of stopping at one swatch, use nearby, opposite, and tonal neighbors to branch into a broader palette.

Lighter companion
Lime Silk Clear
#ADD981 · hsl(90, 54%, 68%)
Darker companion
Lime Radiant Clear
#8AC94A · hsl(90, 54%, 54%)
Complementary counterpoint
Plum Tone Clear
#9962D0 · hsl(270, 54%, 60%)
Analogous lead
Clover Tone Clear
#6BD062 · hsl(115, 54%, 60%)
Analogous echo
Honey Tone Clear
#BED062 · hsl(70, 54%, 60%)
Triadic +120°
Sapphire Tone Clear
#6299D0 · hsl(210, 54%, 60%)
Triadic +240°
Blush Tone Clear
#D06299 · hsl(330, 54%, 60%)
Split-comp +150°
Iris Tone Clear
#6262D0 · hsl(240, 54%, 60%)
Split-comp +210°
Fuchsia Tone Clear
#D062D0 · hsl(300, 54%, 60%)
Export preview
Base: Lime Tone Clear #99D062
Lighter companion: Lime Silk Clear #ADD981
Darker companion: Lime Radiant Clear #8AC94A
Complementary counterpoint: Plum Tone Clear #9962D0
Analogous lead: Clover Tone Clear #6BD062
Analogous echo: Honey Tone Clear #BED062
Triadic +120°: Sapphire Tone Clear #6299D0
Triadic +240°: Blush Tone Clear #D06299
Split-comp +150°: Iris Tone Clear #6262D0
Split-comp +210°: Fuchsia Tone Clear #D062D0

Compare

See how Lime Tone Clear compares side by side with related colors.

vsLime Silk ClearvsLime Radiant ClearvsPlum Tone ClearvsClover Tone ClearvsHoney Tone ClearvsSapphire Tone Clear

Nearest neighbors

The closest archive matches by hue, saturation, and lightness.

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Nearby match
Lime Radiant Clear
#8AC94A · hsl(90, 54%, 54%)
Nearby match
Lime Silk Clear
#ADD981 · hsl(90, 54%, 68%)
Nearby match
Lime Core Clear
#7ABC38 · hsl(90, 54%, 48%)
Nearby match
Lime Tone Soft
#99BC76 · hsl(90, 34%, 60%)
Nearby match
Lime Tone Vivid
#99E44E · hsl(90, 74%, 60%)
Nearby match
Olive Tone Clear
#ABD062 · hsl(80, 54%, 60%)

Accessible pairings

Archive colors that meet WCAG contrast standards when paired with this color. Use as text-on-background or background-on-text.

Contrast checker
AAA7:1
Plum Shadow Vivid
#47137C
AAA7:1
Plum Shadow Bright
#470B83
AAA7:1
Plum Shadow Pure
#470689
AAA7.3:1
Plum Nocturne Faint
#332E38
AAA7.5:1
Plum Nocturne Muted
#332A3C
AAA7.7:1
Plum Nocturne Dust
#332640

Color Vision Simulation

How this color appears with different color vision deficiencies.

Full simulator
Deuteranopia
#B0AC8F
Protanopia
#B4B488
Tritanopia
#9C9EA2
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