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#AECA2F — Green

#AECA2F 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 #AECA2F 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.

#AECA2F 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 #4C2FCA; it also sits naturally between #CA992F and #61CA2F. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#AECA2F · RGB 174, 202, 47

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Color values

HEX#AECA2F
RGB174, 202, 47
HSL71°, 62%, 49%
HSV71°, 77%, 79%
CMYK14%, 0%, 77%, 21%
XYZ39.09, 51.44, 10.56
Yxy51.44, 0.3867, 0.5089
CIE-Lab76.95, -28.81, 68.37
Hunter Lab71.73, -24.80, 39.02

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 68% · Green 79% · Blue 18%

Cyan 14% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 77% · Key 21%

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

Previews

Sample text in #AECA2F on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #AECA2F on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #AECA2F

.text { color: #AECA2F; }
.background { background-color: #AECA2F; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AECA2F; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(174, 202, 47); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(71, 62%, 49%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AECA2F; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(174, 202, 47, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AECA2F; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(174, 202, 47, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#AECA2F">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#AECA2F">Div content here</div>

Shades of #AECA2F

#A0BA2C#8EA527#809523#6E801E#60701A#4E5B15#404A11#2E360D#202509#0E1104

Tints of #AECA2F

#B8D241#BED651#C6DB66#CDE07B#D5E58F#DBE9A0#E3EEB5#EBF2C9#F1F6DA#F9FBEE

Tones of #AECA2F

#A7BF3B#A0B446#99A951#929F5B#8B9366#848872

Color harmonies

Complementary — #4C2FCA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.86:1 Fails
Against black text11.29:1 AAA

Best text color on #AECA2F: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AECA2F

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 #AECA2F: ·

How #AECA2F looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #BABA55Deuteranopia · #B9B65ETritanopia · #AF7279

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:

Material Lime 500 · #CDDC39Material Light Green 500 · #8BC34ATailwind lime 500 · #84CC16

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #AECA2F rather than the exact color:

Royal Marble
#BF9C25 · #AFC937 · #65B030 · #38CC37
Crimson Ruby Petal
#614B18 · #A7D231 · #3AB023 · #40CC79
Scarlet Monsoon
#746419 · #ACD532 · #60C62F · #21792A
Serene Twilight
#8C412D · #CB9E45 · #ADBF2B · #93D363
Mellow Mirage
#BD8743 · #B1BE32 · #67BE32 · #64CA74
Palette 6ca651
#6CA651 · #BBCB2E · #839705 · #6B7445

Similar colors

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

#AFC937#A7D231#ACD532#ADBF2B#B1BE32#BBCB2E#B9D02B#A2C532#A6BF2F#A1CB35#BCCD35#AED322

Browse neighbouring colors

← #AECA2E  ·  #AECA30 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AECA2F?

#AECA2F is Green, a green color (RGB 174, 202, 47). Its closest standard named color is YellowGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AECA2F?

#AECA2F is RGB 174, 202, 47 — HSL 71°, 62%, 49% — CMYK 14%, 0%, 77%, 21%.

What colors go with #AECA2F?

Its complement is #4C2FCA; analogous partners are #CA992F and #61CA2F. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AECA2F for text?

Black text on #AECA2F has a contrast ratio of 11.29:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.86:1.