Palettes / Colors / #AAA690

#AAA690 — Dusty Yellow

#AAA690 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 #AAA690 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.

#AAA690 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 #9295AB; it also sits naturally between #AB9A92 and #A2AB92. 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 65% · Blue 56%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 2% · Yellow 15% · Key 33%

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

Previews

CSS code for #AAA690

.text { color: #AAA690; }
.background { background-color: #AAA690; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AAA690; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(170, 166, 144); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(51, 13%, 62%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AAA690; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(170, 166, 144, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AAA690; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(170, 166, 144, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#AAA690">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#AAA690">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #9295AB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #AAA690: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AAA690

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 #AAA690 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 #AAA690 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 #AAA690?

#AAA690 is Dusty Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 170, 166, 144). Its closest standard named color is DarkGray.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AAA690?

#AAA690 is RGB 170, 166, 144 — HSL 51°, 13%, 62% — CMYK 0%, 2%, 15%, 33%.

What colors go with #AAA690?

Its complement is #9295AB; analogous partners are #AB9A92 and #A2AB92. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AAA690 for text?

Black text on #AAA690 has a contrast ratio of 8.57:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.45:1.