Palettes / Colors / #AED402

#AED402 — Vivid Green

#AED402 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 #AED402 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.

#AED402 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 #2902D4; it also sits naturally between #D49202 and #45D402. 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 83% · Blue 1%

Cyan 18% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 99% · Key 17%

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

Previews

CSS code for #AED402

.text { color: #AED402; }
.background { background-color: #AED402; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AED402; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(174, 212, 2); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(71, 98%, 42%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AED402; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(174, 212, 2, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AED402; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(174, 212, 2, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#AED402">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#AED402">Div content here</div>

Shades of #AED402

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #2902D4:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #AED402: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AED402

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 #AED402 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 #AED402 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

← #AED401  ·  #AED403 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AED402?

#AED402 is Vivid Green, a green color (RGB 174, 212, 2). Its closest standard named color is YellowGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AED402?

#AED402 is RGB 174, 212, 2 — HSL 71°, 98%, 42% — CMYK 18%, 0%, 99%, 17%.

What colors go with #AED402?

Its complement is #2902D4; analogous partners are #D49202 and #45D402. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AED402 for text?

Black text on #AED402 has a contrast ratio of 12.22:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.72:1.