Palettes / Colors / #AAA42A

#AAA42A — Yellow

#AAA42A is a yellow color we call Yellow, closest to the named color YellowGreen (#9ACD32). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: yellowgreen (#9ACD32) — not an exact match. CSS yellowgreen gives you #9ACD32, a different color; use #AAA42A 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.

#AAA42A 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 #2B31AB; it also sits naturally between #AB652B and #72AB2B. 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 16%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 4% · Yellow 75% · Key 33%

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

Previews

CSS code for #AAA42A

.text { color: #AAA42A; }
.background { background-color: #AAA42A; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AAA42A; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(170, 164, 42); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(57, 60%, 42%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AAA42A; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(170, 164, 42, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AAA42A; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(170, 164, 42, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#AAA42A">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#AAA42A">Div content here</div>

Shades of #AAA42A

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Tones of #AAA42A

Color harmonies

Complementary — #2B31AB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #AAA42A: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AAA42A

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 #AAA42A 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 #AAA42A 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

← #AAA429  ·  #AAA42B →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AAA42A?

#AAA42A is Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 170, 164, 42). Its closest standard named color is YellowGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AAA42A?

#AAA42A is RGB 170, 164, 42 — HSL 57°, 60%, 42% — CMYK 0%, 4%, 75%, 33%.

What colors go with #AAA42A?

Its complement is #2B31AB; analogous partners are #AB652B and #72AB2B. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AAA42A for text?

Black text on #AAA42A has a contrast ratio of 8.05:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.61:1.