Palettes / Colors / #AAEC74

#AAEC74 — Light Green

#AAEC74 is a green color we call Light Green, closest to the named color LightGreen (#90EE90). It belongs to the green family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: lightgreen (#90EE90) — not an exact match. CSS lightgreen gives you #90EE90, a different color; use #AAEC74 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.

#AAEC74 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 #B674EC; it also sits naturally between #E6EC74 and #74EC7A. 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 93% · Blue 45%

Cyan 28% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 51% · Key 7%

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

Previews

CSS code for #AAEC74

.text { color: #AAEC74; }
.background { background-color: #AAEC74; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AAEC74; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(170, 236, 116); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(93, 76%, 69%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AAEC74; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(170, 236, 116, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AAEC74; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(170, 236, 116, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#AAEC74">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#AAEC74">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #B674EC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #AAEC74: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AAEC74

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 #AAEC74 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 #AAEC74 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 #AAEC74?

#AAEC74 is Light Green, a green color (RGB 170, 236, 116). Its closest standard named color is LightGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AAEC74?

#AAEC74 is RGB 170, 236, 116 — HSL 93°, 76%, 69% — CMYK 28%, 0%, 51%, 7%.

What colors go with #AAEC74?

Its complement is #B674EC; analogous partners are #E6EC74 and #74EC7A. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AAEC74 for text?

Black text on #AAEC74 has a contrast ratio of 14.96:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.40:1.