Palettes / Colors / #AED501

#AED501 — Vivid Green

#AED501 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 #AED501 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.

#AED501 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 #2801D5; it also sits naturally between #D59201 and #44D501. 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 84% · Blue 0%

Cyan 18% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 100% · Key 16%

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

Previews

CSS code for #AED501

.text { color: #AED501; }
.background { background-color: #AED501; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AED501; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(174, 213, 1); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(71, 99%, 42%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AED501; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(174, 213, 1, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AED501; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(174, 213, 1, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#AED501">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#AED501">Div content here</div>

Shades of #AED501

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #2801D5:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #AED501: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AED501

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 #AED501 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 #AED501 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

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Frequently asked questions

What color is #AED501?

#AED501 is Vivid Green, a green color (RGB 174, 213, 1). Its closest standard named color is YellowGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AED501?

#AED501 is RGB 174, 213, 1 — HSL 71°, 99%, 42% — CMYK 18%, 0%, 100%, 16%.

What colors go with #AED501?

Its complement is #2801D5; analogous partners are #D59201 and #44D501. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AED501 for text?

Black text on #AED501 has a contrast ratio of 12.32:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.70:1.