Palettes / Colors / #AEC313

#AEC313 — Vivid Yellow

#AEC313 is a yellow color we call Vivid Yellow, closest to the named color YellowGreen (#9ACD32). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: yellowgreen (#9ACD32) — not an exact match. CSS yellowgreen gives you #9ACD32, a different color; use #AEC313 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.

#AEC313 is a warm yellow color associated with optimism, attention and cheer. 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 #2813C3; it also sits naturally between #C38013 and #57C313. 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 68% · Green 76% · Blue 7%

Cyan 11% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 90% · Key 24%

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

Previews

CSS code for #AEC313

.text { color: #AEC313; }
.background { background-color: #AEC313; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AEC313; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(174, 195, 19); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(67, 82%, 42%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AEC313; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(174, 195, 19, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AEC313; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(174, 195, 19, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#AEC313">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#AEC313">Div content here</div>

Shades of #AEC313

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #2813C3:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #AEC313: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AEC313

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 #AEC313 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 #AEC313 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

← #AEC312  ·  #AEC314 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AEC313?

#AEC313 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 174, 195, 19). Its closest standard named color is YellowGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AEC313?

#AEC313 is RGB 174, 195, 19 — HSL 67°, 82%, 42% — CMYK 11%, 0%, 90%, 24%.

What colors go with #AEC313?

Its complement is #2813C3; analogous partners are #C38013 and #57C313. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AEC313 for text?

Black text on #AEC313 has a contrast ratio of 10.62:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.98:1.