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#AAA355 — Muted Yellow

#AAA355 is a yellow color we call Muted 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 #AAA355 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.

#AAA355 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 #555CAA; it also sits naturally between #AA7855 and #87AA55. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#AAA355 · RGB 170, 163, 85

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Color values

HEX#AAA355
RGB170, 163, 85
HSL55°, 33%, 50%
HSV55°, 50%, 67%
CMYK0%, 4%, 50%, 33%
XYZ31.31, 35.40, 13.78
Yxy35.40, 0.3891, 0.4398
CIE-Lab66.06, -8.36, 41.07
Hunter Lab59.49, -7.10, 25.63

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 67% · Green 64% · Blue 33%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 4% · Yellow 50% · Key 33%

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

Previews

Sample text in #AAA355 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #AAA355 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #AAA355

.text { color: #AAA355; }
.background { background-color: #AAA355; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AAA355; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(170, 163, 85); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(55, 33%, 50%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AAA355; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(170, 163, 85, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AAA355; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(170, 163, 85, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#AAA355">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#AAA355">Div content here</div>

Shades of #AAA355

#99924D#8B8546#7A753E#6D6837#5C582E#4B4826#3D3B1F#2C2A16#1F1D0F#0E0D07

Tints of #AAA355

#B2AC66#B9B374#C1BC85#C8C492#D1CDA3#D9D6B4#E0DEC2#E9E7D3#F0EEE0#F8F8F1

Tones of #AAA355

#A39D5C#9E9961#989467#918E6E#8B8974#868579

Color harmonies

Complementary — #555CAA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.60:1 Fails
Against black text8.08:1 AAA

Best text color on #AAA355: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AAA355

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 #AAA355: ·

How #AAA355 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #A7A768Deuteranopia · #A7A86CTritanopia · #AA777A

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 Lime 500 · #CDDC39Material Grey 500 · #9E9E9E

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #AAA355 rather than the exact color:

Royal Ruby Opal
#B2A45D · #598F55 · #70AEB0 · #9A93D3
Modern Tempest
#AC7FAF · #734153 · #C5A490 · #A6AE51
Golden Terrace
#5F64A5 · #CA8BCD · #BF8484 · #A2A55F
Frozen Horizon
#CFAC97 · #B4AD53 · #618839 · #5FAD63
Velvet Ruby Saffron
#8F4543 · #B39A5C · #69853E · #72B878
Smoky Ruby Garden
#7A446F · #BA6B5C · #A5AF5D · #58B960

Similar colors

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

#B2A45D#A6AE51#A2A55F#B4AD53#B39A5C#A5AF5D#AAB259#AE9B47#A1AC48#BBA958#B29862#B89C60

Browse neighbouring colors

← #AAA354  ·  #AAA356 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AAA355?

#AAA355 is Muted Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 170, 163, 85). Its closest standard named color is DarkKhaki.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AAA355?

#AAA355 is RGB 170, 163, 85 — HSL 55°, 33%, 50% — CMYK 0%, 4%, 50%, 33%.

What colors go with #AAA355?

Its complement is #555CAA; analogous partners are #AA7855 and #87AA55. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AAA355 for text?

Black text on #AAA355 has a contrast ratio of 8.08:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.60:1.