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#AAA405 — Vivid Yellow

#AAA405 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 #AAA405 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.

#AAA405 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 #050BA8; it also sits naturally between #A85105 and #5CA805. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#AAA405 · RGB 170, 164, 5

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Color values

HEX#AAA405
RGB170, 164, 5
HSL58°, 94%, 34%
HSV58°, 97%, 67%
CMYK0%, 4%, 97%, 33%
XYZ29.88, 35.11, 5.35
Yxy35.11, 0.4248, 0.4992
CIE-Lab65.83, -12.75, 67.86
Hunter Lab59.25, -10.68, 34.17

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 67% · Green 64% · Blue 2%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 4% · Yellow 97% · Key 33%

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

Previews

Sample text in #AAA405 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #AAA405 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #AAA405

.text { color: #AAA405; }
.background { background-color: #AAA405; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AAA405; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(170, 164, 5); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(58, 94%, 34%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AAA405; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(170, 164, 5, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AAA405; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(170, 164, 5, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#AAA405">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#AAA405">Div content here</div>

Shades of #AAA405

#999405#8B8604#7C7804#6D6903#5E5B03#4F4D02#403E02#313002#232201#141301

Tints of #AAA405

#C6BF06#E4DC07#F8F016#F9F234#FAF452#FBF670#FBF88D#FDFAB0#FDFCCE#FEFEEB

Tones of #AAA405

#9D9810#918D1D#868228#797734#6E6D3F#62614B

Color harmonies

Complementary — #050BA8:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.62:1 Fails
Against black text8.02:1 AAA

Best text color on #AAA405: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AAA405

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 #AAA405: ·

How #AAA405 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #A7A72BDeuteranopia · #A8A835Tritanopia · #AA4A51

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 · #84CC16Tailwind amber 600 · #D97706

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #AAA405 rather than the exact color:

Golden Whisper
#AC9C12 · #D5EB46 · #1E33E7 · #CBC8F6
Scarlet Voyage
#A9A417 · #92E850 · #19E038 · #54E1BF
Tranquil Ruby Orchard
#BB6E1A · #B3B011 · #659D1E · #2DAF1E
Dreamy Saffron
#B4AD13 · #B5E720 · #9CED58 · #AAF49C
Vivid Meadow
#821929 · #56290C · #9F9810 · #325510
Royal Orchard
#DF991B · #999E11 · #3D610E · #39CD1B

Similar colors

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

#AC9C12#A9A417#B3B011#B4AD13#9F9810#999E11#9E9B16#B29919#A3B515#A0B713#BFA815#B19F1F

Browse neighbouring colors

← #AAA404  ·  #AAA406 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AAA405?

#AAA405 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 170, 164, 5). Its closest standard named color is DarkGoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AAA405?

#AAA405 is RGB 170, 164, 5 — HSL 58°, 94%, 34% — CMYK 0%, 4%, 97%, 33%.

What colors go with #AAA405?

Its complement is #050BA8; analogous partners are #A85105 and #5CA805. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AAA405 for text?

Black text on #AAA405 has a contrast ratio of 8.02:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.62:1.