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#AAA123 — Yellow

#AAA123 is a yellow color we call 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 #AAA123 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.

#AAA123 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 #232CA9; it also sits naturally between #A95D23 and #6FA923. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#AAA123 · RGB 170, 161, 35

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Color values

HEX#AAA123
RGB170, 161, 35
HSL56°, 66%, 40%
HSV56°, 79%, 67%
CMYK0%, 5%, 79%, 33%
XYZ29.63, 34.16, 6.62
Yxy34.16, 0.4208, 0.4852
CIE-Lab65.09, -10.50, 61.16
Hunter Lab58.44, -8.81, 32.20

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 67% · Green 63% · Blue 14%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 5% · Yellow 79% · Key 33%

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

Previews

Sample text in #AAA123 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #AAA123 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #AAA123

.text { color: #AAA123; }
.background { background-color: #AAA123; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AAA123; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(170, 161, 35); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(56, 66%, 40%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AAA123; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(170, 161, 35, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AAA123; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(170, 161, 35, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#AAA123">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#AAA123">Div content here</div>

Shades of #AAA123

#98901F#8C841D#7B7419#6E6817#5D5813#4C4810#3F3C0D#2F2C0A#222007#111003

Tints of #AAA123

#C3B828#D5CA30#DAD049#DED65E#E3DC78#E8E391#EDE8A6#F2EFC0#F6F4D5#FCFBEE

Tones of #AAA123

#A0982C#969036#8D883F#837F49#797753#6F6E5D

Color harmonies

Complementary — #232CA9:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.68:1 Fails
Against black text7.83:1 AAA

Best text color on #AAA123: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AAA123

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 #AAA123: ·

How #AAA123 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #A6A641Deuteranopia · #A7A749Tritanopia · #AA5A5F

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 yellow 600 · #CA8A04Tailwind lime 500 · #84CC16Material Light Green 500 · #8BC34A

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #AAA123 rather than the exact color:

Palette E52020
#E52020 · #FBA518 · #F9CB43 · #A89C29
Frozen Cinder
#9C2687 · #7F2038 · #7D3A1C · #B19F1F
Frozen Meadow
#A8A828 · #E2D582 · #6564DA · #CCCAEE
Frozen Garden
#8B4F1E · #A8A62B · #4D7F20 · #259B2D
Gentle Saffron
#A1A029 · #BBD351 · #3031BE · #BAC1E8
Wild Ruby Breeze
#F2F0D4 · #D3CD64 · #D2CA32 · #A19B26

Similar colors

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

#A89C29#B19F1F#A8A828#A8A62B#A1A029#A19B26#B1991F#A9A417#9FA62A#9D9E1E#B29919#A0AD21

Browse neighbouring colors

← #AAA122  ·  #AAA124 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AAA123?

#AAA123 is Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 170, 161, 35). Its closest standard named color is DarkGoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AAA123?

#AAA123 is RGB 170, 161, 35 — HSL 56°, 66%, 40% — CMYK 0%, 5%, 79%, 33%.

What colors go with #AAA123?

Its complement is #232CA9; analogous partners are #A95D23 and #6FA923. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AAA123 for text?

Black text on #AAA123 has a contrast ratio of 7.83:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.68:1.