Palettes / Colors / #AED006

#AED006 — Vivid Green

#AED006 is a green color we call Vivid 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 #AED006 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.

#AED006 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 #2806D0; it also sits naturally between #D08D06 and #4AD006. 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 82% · Blue 2%

Cyan 16% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 97% · Key 18%

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

Previews

CSS code for #AED006

.text { color: #AED006; }
.background { background-color: #AED006; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AED006; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(174, 208, 6); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(70, 94%, 42%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AED006; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(174, 208, 6, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AED006; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(174, 208, 6, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#AED006">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#AED006">Div content here</div>

Shades of #AED006

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #2806D0:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #AED006: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AED006

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 #AED006 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 #AED006 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

← #AED005  ·  #AED007 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AED006?

#AED006 is Vivid Green, a green color (RGB 174, 208, 6). Its closest standard named color is YellowGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AED006?

#AED006 is RGB 174, 208, 6 — HSL 70°, 94%, 42% — CMYK 16%, 0%, 97%, 18%.

What colors go with #AED006?

Its complement is #2806D0; analogous partners are #D08D06 and #4AD006. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AED006 for text?

Black text on #AED006 has a contrast ratio of 11.82:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.78:1.