Palettes / Colors / #AAE151

#AAE151 — Green

#AAE151 is a green color we call 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 #AAE151 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.

#AAE151 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 #8851E1; it also sits naturally between #E1D151 and #61E151. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 67% · Green 88% · Blue 32%

Cyan 24% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 64% · Key 12%

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

Previews

CSS code for #AAE151

.text { color: #AAE151; }
.background { background-color: #AAE151; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AAE151; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(170, 225, 81); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(83, 71%, 60%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AAE151; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(170, 225, 81, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AAE151; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(170, 225, 81, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#AAE151">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#AAE151">Div content here</div>

Shades of #AAE151

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #8851E1:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #AAE151: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AAE151

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:

How #AAE151 looks with color blindness

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

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:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #AAE151 rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

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

Browse neighbouring colors

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Frequently asked questions

What color is #AAE151?

#AAE151 is Green, a green color (RGB 170, 225, 81). Its closest standard named color is YellowGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AAE151?

#AAE151 is RGB 170, 225, 81 — HSL 83°, 71%, 60% — CMYK 24%, 0%, 64%, 12%.

What colors go with #AAE151?

Its complement is #8851E1; analogous partners are #E1D151 and #61E151. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AAE151 for text?

Black text on #AAE151 has a contrast ratio of 13.60:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.54:1.