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#AED20F — Vivid Green

#AED20F 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 #AED20F 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.

#AED20F 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 #320FD2; it also sits naturally between #D2940F and #4CD20F. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#AED20F · RGB 174, 210, 15

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Color values

HEX#AED20F
RGB174, 210, 15
HSL71°, 87%, 44%
HSV71°, 93%, 82%
CMYK17%, 0%, 93%, 18%
XYZ40.59, 55.13, 8.95
Yxy55.13, 0.3878, 0.5267
CIE-Lab79.11, -33.45, 77.02
Hunter Lab74.25, -28.84, 42.35

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 68% · Green 82% · Blue 6%

Cyan 17% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 93% · Key 18%

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

Previews

Sample text in #AED20F on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #AED20F on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #AED20F

.text { color: #AED20F; }
.background { background-color: #AED20F; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AED20F; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(174, 210, 15); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(71, 87%, 44%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AED20F; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(174, 210, 15, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AED20F; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(174, 210, 15, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#AED20F">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#AED20F">Div content here</div>

Shades of #AED20F

#9EBF0D#8EAC0C#7F990B#6F8609#5F7208#4F5F07#3F4C05#2F3904#202603#101301

Tints of #AED20F

#C2EA10#CAF024#D1F240#D7F358#DDF570#E2F788#E8F8A0#EFFABC#F5FCD4#FAFEEC

Tones of #AED20F

#A5C41C#9CB62B#94A838#8A9A47#828C54#797E63

Color harmonies

Complementary — #320FD2:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.75:1 Fails
Against black text12.03:1 AAA

Best text color on #AED20F: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AED20F

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 #AED20F: ·

How #AED20F looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #BEBE3EDeuteranopia · #BCB94ATritanopia · #B0636C

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 #AED20F rather than the exact color:

Vintage Meadow
#BD4417 · #94720F · #A4CE0F · #39990F
Palette Fdf1db
#FDF1DB · #A6CB12 · #E00543 · #84253E
Vintage Orchard
#B3CB17 · #E8EF72 · #3E25E6 · #B2A0EE
Tender Orchard
#A81D4A · #DF462A · #C78311 · #B7CA1A
Palette 499a13
#499A13 · #BBDC12 · #8ECA3C · #276F27
Vintage Opal
#ADC419 · #BCE951 · #6854E9 · #A8A6EE

Similar colors

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

#A4CE0F#A6CB12#B3CB17#B7CA1A#BBDC12#ADC419#AED322#BEDB16#B8CF20#B4E50D#A0CF1E#A3D321

Browse neighbouring colors

← #AED20E  ·  #AED210 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AED20F?

#AED20F is Vivid Green, a green color (RGB 174, 210, 15). Its closest standard named color is YellowGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AED20F?

#AED20F is RGB 174, 210, 15 — HSL 71°, 87%, 44% — CMYK 17%, 0%, 93%, 18%.

What colors go with #AED20F?

Its complement is #320FD2; analogous partners are #D2940F and #4CD20F. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AED20F for text?

Black text on #AED20F has a contrast ratio of 12.03:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.75:1.