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#A4E425 — Vivid Green

#A4E425 is a green color we call Vivid Green, closest to the named color YellowGreen (#9ACD32). It belongs to the green family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: yellowgreen (#9ACD32) — not an exact match. CSS yellowgreen gives you #9ACD32, a different color; use #A4E425 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#A4E425 is a warm-leaning green color associated with growth, calm and balance. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #6525E4; it also sits naturally between #E4C425 and #45E425. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#A4E425 · RGB 164, 228, 37

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Color values

HEX#A4E425
RGB164, 228, 37
HSL80°, 78%, 52%
HSV80°, 84%, 89%
CMYK28%, 0%, 84%, 11%
XYZ43.39, 63.51, 11.72
Yxy63.51, 0.3658, 0.5354
CIE-Lab83.71, -44.81, 76.77
Hunter Lab79.69, -38.64, 44.37

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 64% · Green 89% · Blue 15%

Cyan 28% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 84% · Key 11%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #A4E425 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #A4E425 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #A4E425

.text { color: #A4E425; }
.background { background-color: #A4E425; }
.border { border: 3px solid #A4E425; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(164, 228, 37); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(80, 78%, 52%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #A4E425; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(164, 228, 37, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #A4E425; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(164, 228, 37, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#A4E425">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#A4E425">Div content here</div>

Shades of #A4E425

#97D51A#87BF18#7AAC15#6A9613#5A7F10#4A680D#3A520A#2D4008#1D2905#0D1202

Tints of #A4E425

#ACE637#B5E94E#BDEB60#C6EE77#CEF089#D5F39B#DFF5B2#E6F8C4#F0FBDB#F7FDED

Tones of #A4E425

#A0D733#9BC940#97BC4E#92AD5C#8EA06A#899277

Color harmonies

Complementary — #6525E4:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.53:1 Fails
Against black text13.70:1 AAA

Best text color on #A4E425: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #A4E425

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #A4E425: ·

How #A4E425 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #C0C053Deuteranopia · #BCB75ETritanopia · #A77880

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Tailwind lime 500 · #84CC16Material Lime 500 · #CDDC39Material Light Green 500 · #8BC34A

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #A4E425 rather than the exact color:

Velvet Zephyr
#EDE161 · #A6E431 · #55E02D · #46DA64
Lucky Ruby Cascade
#5A10C0 · #8535EE · #9CED2B · #D8F19D
Lucky Mosaic
#A98214 · #99E62D · #63EC6F · #A2F4E1
Mellow Ruby Terrace
#861962 · #9FD72C · #258FC2 · #F0CFEA
Rustic Dusk
#BAE151 · #A3D321 · #779919 · #5F7A15
Dreamy Saffron
#B4AD13 · #B5E720 · #9CED58 · #AAF49C

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#A6E431#9CED2B#99E62D#9FD72C#A3D321#B5E720#9FE537#92DC27#AED322#ABF723#ACD532#9FDD39

Browse neighbouring colors

← #A4E424  ·  #A4E426 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #A4E425?

#A4E425 is Vivid Green, a green color (RGB 164, 228, 37). Its closest standard named color is YellowGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #A4E425?

#A4E425 is RGB 164, 228, 37 — HSL 80°, 78%, 52% — CMYK 28%, 0%, 84%, 11%.

What colors go with #A4E425?

Its complement is #6525E4; analogous partners are #E4C425 and #45E425. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #A4E425 for text?

Black text on #A4E425 has a contrast ratio of 13.70:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.53:1.