Palettes / Colors / #A67800

#A67800 — Vivid Yellow

#A67800 is a yellow color we call Vivid Yellow, closest to the named color DarkGoldenRod (#B8860B). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: darkgoldenrod (#B8860B) — not an exact match. CSS darkgoldenrod gives you #B8860B, a different color; use #A67800 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.

#A67800 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 #0030A8; it also sits naturally between #A82400 and #84A800. 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 65% · Green 47% · Blue 0%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 28% · Yellow 100% · Key 35%

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

Previews

CSS code for #A67800

.text { color: #A67800; }
.background { background-color: #A67800; }
.border { border: 3px solid #A67800; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(166, 120, 0); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(43, 100%, 33%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #A67800; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(166, 120, 0, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #A67800; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(166, 120, 0, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#A67800">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#A67800">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #0030A8:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #A67800: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #A67800

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 #A67800 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 #A67800 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

← #A677FF  ·  #A67801 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #A67800?

#A67800 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 166, 120, 0). Its closest standard named color is DarkGoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #A67800?

#A67800 is RGB 166, 120, 0 — HSL 43°, 100%, 33% — CMYK 0%, 28%, 100%, 35%.

What colors go with #A67800?

Its complement is #0030A8; analogous partners are #A82400 and #84A800. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #A67800 for text?

Black text on #A67800 has a contrast ratio of 5.31:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.96:1.