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#AAEC01 — Vivid Green

#AAEC01 is a green color we call Vivid Green, closest to the named color Chartreuse (#7FFF00). It belongs to the green family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: chartreuse (#7FFF00) — not an exact match. CSS chartreuse gives you #7FFF00, a different color; use #AAEC01 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.

#AAEC01 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 #4301E9; it also sits naturally between #E9B701 and #33E901. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#AAEC01 · RGB 170, 236, 1

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Color values

HEX#AAEC01
RGB170, 236, 1
HSL77°, 99%, 46%
HSV77°, 100%, 93%
CMYK28%, 0%, 100%, 7%
XYZ46.58, 68.54, 10.80
Yxy68.54, 0.3699, 0.5443
CIE-Lab86.28, -46.64, 83.75
Hunter Lab82.79, -40.67, 47.47

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 67% · Green 93% · Blue 0%

Cyan 28% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 100% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #AAEC01 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #AAEC01 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #AAEC01

.text { color: #AAEC01; }
.background { background-color: #AAEC01; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AAEC01; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(170, 236, 1); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(77, 99%, 46%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AAEC01; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(170, 236, 1, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AAEC01; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(170, 236, 1, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#AAEC01">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#AAEC01">Div content here</div>

Shades of #AAEC01

#99D501#8AC101#78A701#6A9301#5B7F01#4D6B01#3E5600#2C3D00#1D2900#0F1400

Tints of #AAEC01

#B8FE06#BFFE20#C6FE39#CDFE52#D5FE6C#DCFE85#E3FF9F#EBFFB8#F2FFD1#F9FFEB

Tones of #AAEC01

#A1D912#99C922#92B832#8BA744#849654#7C8665

Color harmonies

Complementary — #4301E9:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.43:1 Fails
Against black text14.71:1 AAA

Best text color on #AAEC01: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AAEC01

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 #AAEC01: ·

How #AAEC01 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C7C73ADeuteranopia · #C3BE48Tritanopia · #AD6771

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 · #CDDC39Tailwind yellow 500 · #EAB308

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #AAEC01 rather than the exact color:

Palette Fffadc
#FFFADC · #B6F500 · #A4DD00 · #98CD00
Palette 059212
#059212 · #06D001 · #9BEC00 · #F3FF90
Palette 78c841
#78C841 · #B4E50D · #FF9B2F · #FB4141
Vintage Ruby Bloom
#13122E · #FC4A9A · #F9594D · #A2F713
Burning Lagoon
#0D0E29 · #B4F615 · #4FFBC1 · #FD3BC0
Serene Ruby Terrace
#2F0A2E · #27FEE5 · #BDF614 · #4EEAFD

Similar colors

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

#B6F500#9BEC00#A4DD00#B4E50D#A2F713#B4F615#BDF614#BBDC12#B2FB19#B7FF14#ABFC1D#92FE0F

Browse neighbouring colors

← #AAEC00  ·  #AAEC02 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AAEC01?

#AAEC01 is Vivid Green, a green color (RGB 170, 236, 1). Its closest standard named color is Chartreuse.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AAEC01?

#AAEC01 is RGB 170, 236, 1 — HSL 77°, 99%, 46% — CMYK 28%, 0%, 100%, 7%.

What colors go with #AAEC01?

Its complement is #4301E9; analogous partners are #E9B701 and #33E901. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AAEC01 for text?

Black text on #AAEC01 has a contrast ratio of 14.71:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.43:1.