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#AAEC02 — Vivid Green

#AAEC02 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 #AAEC02 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.

#AAEC02 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 #4502ED; it also sits naturally between #EDBA02 and #35ED02. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#AAEC02 · RGB 170, 236, 2

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Color values

HEX#AAEC02
RGB170, 236, 2
HSL77°, 98%, 47%
HSV77°, 99%, 93%
CMYK28%, 0%, 99%, 7%
XYZ46.58, 68.54, 10.83
Yxy68.54, 0.3698, 0.5442
CIE-Lab86.28, -46.63, 83.67
Hunter Lab82.79, -40.66, 47.45

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 67% · Green 93% · Blue 1%

Cyan 28% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 99% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #AAEC02 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #AAEC02 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #AAEC02

.text { color: #AAEC02; }
.background { background-color: #AAEC02; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AAEC02; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(170, 236, 2); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(77, 98%, 47%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AAEC02; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(170, 236, 2, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AAEC02; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(170, 236, 2, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#AAEC02">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#AAEC02">Div content here</div>

Shades of #AAEC02

#9CD902#8AC002#7CAC02#6D9702#5E8301#4C6A01#3E5601#2F4201#1D2800#0F1400

Tints of #AAEC02

#B9FD0D#C0FD26#C7FD3F#CFFD58#D6FE72#DCFE86#E3FE9F#EAFEB8#F2FFD2#F9FFEB

Tones of #AAEC02

#A3DD13#9CCC24#95BB35#8EAA46#869956#7F8967

Color harmonies

Complementary — #4502ED:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

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

Best text color on #AAEC02: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AAEC02

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 #AAEC02: ·

How #AAEC02 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C7C73BDeuteranopia · #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 #AAEC02 rather than the exact color:

Palette 059212
#059212 · #06D001 · #9BEC00 · #F3FF90
Palette Fffadc
#FFFADC · #B6F500 · #A4DD00 · #98CD00
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:

#9BEC00#B6F500#A4DD00#B4E50D#A2F713#B4F615#BDF614#BBDC12#B2FB19#B7FF14#ABFC1D#B5E720

Browse neighbouring colors

← #AAEC01  ·  #AAEC03 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AAEC02?

#AAEC02 is Vivid Green, a green color (RGB 170, 236, 2). Its closest standard named color is Chartreuse.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AAEC02?

#AAEC02 is RGB 170, 236, 2 — HSL 77°, 98%, 47% — CMYK 28%, 0%, 99%, 7%.

What colors go with #AAEC02?

Its complement is #4502ED; analogous partners are #EDBA02 and #35ED02. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AAEC02 for text?

Black text on #AAEC02 has a contrast ratio of 14.71:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.43:1.