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#AAA164 — Dusty Yellow

#AAA164 is a yellow color we call Dusty Yellow, closest to the named color DarkKhaki (#BDB76B). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: darkkhaki (#BDB76B) — not an exact match. CSS darkkhaki gives you #BDB76B, a different color; use #AAA164 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.

#AAA164 is a warm yellow color associated with optimism, attention and cheer. It sits comfortably in the middle: usable for large areas in soft schemes, or as a supporting color beside something stronger.

Its strongest partner is its complement #646EAA; it also sits naturally between #AA7E64 and #90AA64. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#AAA164 · RGB 170, 161, 100

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Color values

HEX#AAA164
RGB170, 161, 100
HSL52°, 29%, 53%
HSV52°, 41%, 67%
CMYK0%, 5%, 41%, 33%
XYZ31.62, 34.96, 17.14
Yxy34.96, 0.3777, 0.4176
CIE-Lab65.71, -5.75, 32.90
Hunter Lab59.12, -4.91, 21.79

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 67% · Green 63% · Blue 39%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 5% · Yellow 41% · Key 33%

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

Previews

Sample text in #AAA164 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #AAA164 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #AAA164

.text { color: #AAA164; }
.background { background-color: #AAA164; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AAA164; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(170, 161, 100); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(52, 29%, 53%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AAA164; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(170, 161, 100, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AAA164; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(170, 161, 100, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#AAA164">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#AAA164">Div content here</div>

Shades of #AAA164

#9E9457#8D854E#7D7645#6D663C#5F5A35#4F4A2B#3F3B22#2E2B19#1E1C10#0D0C07

Tints of #AAA164

#B1A972#BAB382#C1BB8F#C9C39C#D2CDAD#D9D5BA#E0DDC7#E7E5D4#F1EFE5#F8F7F2

Tones of #AAA164

#A59D69#A09A6E#9C9673#969279#918E7E#8C8B82

Color harmonies

Complementary — #646EAA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.63:1 Fails
Against black text7.99:1 AAA

Best text color on #AAA164: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AAA164

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 #AAA164: ·

How #AAA164 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #A6A673Deuteranopia · #A7A776Tritanopia · #AA7E81

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:

Material Light Green 500 · #8BC34AMaterial Grey 500 · #9E9E9ETailwind stone 500 · #78716C

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #AAA164 rather than the exact color:

Golden Terrace
#5F64A5 · #CA8BCD · #BF8484 · #A2A55F
Royal Ruby Opal
#B2A45D · #598F55 · #70AEB0 · #9A93D3
Wild Drift
#474C76 · #9A4CAC · #B25E72 · #AA9565
Lucky Drift
#C49AD0 · #AB5A60 · #9EA365 · #94D0A2
Hidden Ruby Garden
#B29862 · #5DA445 · #97D2C8 · #3B4384
Hidden Harbor
#B7A464 · #ACC7A5 · #6EC4B5 · #8F96C4

Similar colors

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

#A2A55F#B2A45D#AA9565#9EA365#B29862#B7A464#A3986B#B39A5C#A9AF67#B29669#B49769#B89C60

Browse neighbouring colors

← #AAA163  ·  #AAA165 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AAA164?

#AAA164 is Dusty Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 170, 161, 100). Its closest standard named color is DarkKhaki.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AAA164?

#AAA164 is RGB 170, 161, 100 — HSL 52°, 29%, 53% — CMYK 0%, 5%, 41%, 33%.

What colors go with #AAA164?

Its complement is #646EAA; analogous partners are #AA7E64 and #90AA64. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AAA164 for text?

Black text on #AAA164 has a contrast ratio of 7.99:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.63:1.