Palettes / Colors / #71700A

#71700A — Deep Vivid Yellow

#71700A is a yellow color we call Deep Vivid Yellow, closest to the named color Olive (#808000). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: olive (#808000) — not an exact match. CSS olive gives you #808000, a different color; use #71700A 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.

#71700A is a warm yellow color associated with optimism, attention and cheer. 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 #0A0C71; it also sits naturally between #713B0A and #3F710A. 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 44% · Green 44% · Blue 4%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 1% · Yellow 91% · Key 56%

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

Previews

CSS code for #71700A

.text { color: #71700A; }
.background { background-color: #71700A; }
.border { border: 3px solid #71700A; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(113, 112, 10); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(59, 84%, 24%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #71700A; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(113, 112, 10, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #71700A; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(113, 112, 10, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#71700A">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#71700A">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #0A0C71:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #71700A: #FFFFFF.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #71700A

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 #71700A 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 #71700A 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

← #717009  ·  #71700B →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #71700A?

#71700A is Deep Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 113, 112, 10). Its closest standard named color is Olive.

What is the RGB and HSL of #71700A?

#71700A is RGB 113, 112, 10 — HSL 59°, 84%, 24% — CMYK 0%, 1%, 91%, 56%.

What colors go with #71700A?

Its complement is #0A0C71; analogous partners are #713B0A and #3F710A. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #71700A for text?

White text on #71700A has a contrast ratio of 5.22:1 (passes WCAG AA); black text gives 4.02:1.