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#AAA592 — Dusty Yellow

#AAA592 is a yellow color we call Dusty Yellow, closest to the named color DarkGray (#A9A9A9). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: darkgray (#A9A9A9) — not an exact match. CSS darkgray gives you #A9A9A9, a different color; use #AAA592 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.

#AAA592 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 #9297AA; it also sits naturally between #AA9992 and #A3AA92. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#AAA592 · RGB 170, 165, 146

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Color values

HEX#AAA592
RGB170, 165, 146
HSL48°, 12%, 62%
HSV48°, 14%, 67%
CMYK0%, 3%, 14%, 33%
XYZ35.22, 37.53, 32.58
Yxy37.53, 0.3344, 0.3563
CIE-Lab67.67, -1.53, 10.49
Hunter Lab61.26, -1.34, 8.32

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 67% · Green 65% · Blue 57%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 3% · Yellow 14% · Key 33%

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

Previews

Sample text in #AAA592 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #AAA592 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #AAA592

.text { color: #AAA592; }
.background { background-color: #AAA592; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AAA592; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(170, 165, 146); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(48, 12%, 62%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AAA592; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(170, 165, 146, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AAA592; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(170, 165, 146, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#AAA592">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#AAA592">Div content here</div>

Shades of #AAA592

#9C9781#8F8970#817B65#6F6B58#5E5A4A#4D4A3D#3C392F#2E2C24#1D1B16#0B0B09

Tints of #AAA592

#B0AC9B#B9B6A6#C0BDAF#C9C6BA#D0CDC3#D7D4CC#E0DED7#E6E5E0#EFEEEB#F6F6F4

Tones of #AAA592

#A8A494#A7A395#A5A297#A3A199#A1A09B#A09F9C

Color harmonies

Complementary — #9297AA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.47:1 Fails
Against black text8.51:1 AAA

Best text color on #AAA592: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AAA592

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 #AAA592: ·

How #AAA592 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #A8A897Deuteranopia · #A8A998Tritanopia · #AA9A9B

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 Grey 500 · #9E9E9ETailwind neutral 500 · #737373Tailwind zinc 500 · #71717A

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #AAA592 rather than the exact color:

Palette E5dcc3
#E5DCC3 · #C7BEA2 · #AAA492 · #9A9483
Palette 524646
#524646 · #A8A492 · #FCF2E5 · #EC5B38
Palette 98d8ef
#98D8EF · #EAE2C6 · #BFBBA9 · #ADA991
Palette F3eeea
#F3EEEA · #EBE3D5 · #B0A695 · #776B5D
Sage Wedding
#6B705C · #A5A58D · #FFE8D6 · #CB997E
Palette Daddb1
#DADDB1 · #B3A492 · #BFB29E · #D6C7AE

Similar colors

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

#AAA492#A8A492#ADA991#B0A695#A5A58D#B3A492#B3A398#B2AB8C#A6AA9C#B2A59B#ABB18E#B6A28E

Browse neighbouring colors

← #AAA591  ·  #AAA593 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AAA592?

#AAA592 is Dusty Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 170, 165, 146). Its closest standard named color is DarkGray.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AAA592?

#AAA592 is RGB 170, 165, 146 — HSL 48°, 12%, 62% — CMYK 0%, 3%, 14%, 33%.

What colors go with #AAA592?

Its complement is #9297AA; analogous partners are #AA9992 and #A3AA92. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AAA592 for text?

Black text on #AAA592 has a contrast ratio of 8.51:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.47:1.