Palettes / Colors / #AAA425

#AAA425 — Yellow

#AAA425 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 #AAA425 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.

#AAA425 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 #262CAB; it also sits naturally between #AB6226 and #6FAB26. 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 67% · Green 64% · Blue 15%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 4% · Yellow 78% · Key 33%

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

Previews

CSS code for #AAA425

.text { color: #AAA425; }
.background { background-color: #AAA425; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AAA425; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(170, 164, 37); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(57, 64%, 41%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AAA425; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(170, 164, 37, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AAA425; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(170, 164, 37, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#AAA425">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#AAA425">Div content here</div>

Shades of #AAA425

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Tones of #AAA425

Color harmonies

Complementary — #262CAB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #AAA425: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AAA425

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 #AAA425 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 #AAA425 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

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Frequently asked questions

What color is #AAA425?

#AAA425 is Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 170, 164, 37). Its closest standard named color is DarkGoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AAA425?

#AAA425 is RGB 170, 164, 37 — HSL 57°, 64%, 41% — CMYK 0%, 4%, 78%, 33%.

What colors go with #AAA425?

Its complement is #262CAB; analogous partners are #AB6226 and #6FAB26. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AAA425 for text?

Black text on #AAA425 has a contrast ratio of 8.05:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.61:1.