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#AAA683 — Dusty Yellow

#AAA683 is a yellow color we call Dusty Yellow, closest to the named color RosyBrown (#BC8F8F). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: rosybrown (#BC8F8F) — not an exact match. CSS rosybrown gives you #BC8F8F, a different color; use #AAA683 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.

#AAA683 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 #8387AA; it also sits naturally between #AA9283 and #9AAA83. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#AAA683 · RGB 170, 166, 131

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Color values

HEX#AAA683
RGB170, 166, 131
HSL54°, 19%, 59%
HSV54°, 23%, 67%
CMYK0%, 2%, 23%, 33%
XYZ34.31, 37.46, 26.89
Yxy37.46, 0.3478, 0.3797
CIE-Lab67.62, -4.41, 18.68
Hunter Lab61.20, -3.83, 13.97

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 67% · Green 65% · Blue 51%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 2% · Yellow 23% · Key 33%

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

Previews

Sample text in #AAA683 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #AAA683 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #AAA683

.text { color: #AAA683; }
.background { background-color: #AAA683; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AAA683; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(170, 166, 131); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(54, 19%, 59%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AAA683; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(170, 166, 131, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AAA683; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(170, 166, 131, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#AAA683">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#AAA683">Div content here</div>

Shades of #AAA683

#A09C73#928D63#827E59#706D4C#615E42#4F4C36#403E2B#2E2C1F#1E1D15#0C0C08

Tints of #AAA683

#B3AF8F#B9B598#C1BEA4#C9C7B0#D2CFBC#D8D6C5#E0DFD1#E8E7DE#EEEEE7#F7F6F3

Tones of #AAA683

#A7A486#A5A288#A2A08B#9F9D8E#9C9B91#9A9993

Color harmonies

Complementary — #8387AA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.47:1 Fails
Against black text8.49:1 AAA

Best text color on #AAA683: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AAA683

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 #AAA683: ·

How #AAA683 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #A8A88BDeuteranopia · #A9A98ETritanopia · #AA9294

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 · #9E9E9EMaterial Light Green 500 · #8BC34ATailwind stone 500 · #78716C

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #AAA683 rather than the exact color:

Royal Ruby Summit
#A6A77D · #5B7B4C · #4AA065 · #9FC2C1
Cosmic Ruby Whisper
#3F6979 · #B19CD0 · #C1849F · #AEA17F
Palette 0a400c
#0A400C · #819067 · #B1AB86 · #FEFAE0
Dusty Cascade
#ACA47A · #7AB361 · #68A288 · #91B7D0
Palette 557153
#557153 · #7D8F69 · #A9AF7E · #E6E5A3
Palette A59d84
#A59D84 · #C1BAA1 · #D7D3BF · #ECEBDE

Similar colors

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

#A6A77D#AEA17F#B1AB86#ACA47A#A9AF7E#A59D84#A5A58D#AFA779#B5A481#B6A683#A3A279#A3B087

Browse neighbouring colors

← #AAA682  ·  #AAA684 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AAA683?

#AAA683 is Dusty Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 170, 166, 131). Its closest standard named color is RosyBrown.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AAA683?

#AAA683 is RGB 170, 166, 131 — HSL 54°, 19%, 59% — CMYK 0%, 2%, 23%, 33%.

What colors go with #AAA683?

Its complement is #8387AA; analogous partners are #AA9283 and #9AAA83. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AAA683 for text?

Black text on #AAA683 has a contrast ratio of 8.49:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.47:1.