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#AAA70F — Vivid Yellow

#AAA70F is a yellow color we call Vivid 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 #AAA70F 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.

#AAA70F 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 #0F11A9; it also sits naturally between #A9590F and #5EA90F. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#AAA70F · RGB 170, 167, 15

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Color values

HEX#AAA70F
RGB170, 167, 15
HSL59°, 84%, 36%
HSV59°, 91%, 67%
CMYK0%, 2%, 91%, 33%
XYZ30.48, 36.22, 5.84
Yxy36.22, 0.4202, 0.4993
CIE-Lab66.69, -14.16, 67.15
Hunter Lab60.18, -11.88, 34.37

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 67% · Green 65% · Blue 6%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 2% · Yellow 91% · Key 33%

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

Previews

Sample text in #AAA70F on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #AAA70F on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #AAA70F

.text { color: #AAA70F; }
.background { background-color: #AAA70F; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AAA70F; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(170, 167, 15); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(59, 84%, 36%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AAA70F; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(170, 167, 15, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AAA70F; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(170, 167, 15, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#AAA70F">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#AAA70F">Div content here</div>

Shades of #AAA70F

#9B980D#8D8B0C#7A780B#6C6A09#5E5C08#504F07#424106#2F2E04#212003#131202

Tints of #AAA70F

#C5C211#E1DE14#ECE927#EFEC43#F1EF5F#F4F27C#F6F498#F8F7B4#FBFAD0#FDFDEC

Tones of #AAA70F

#9E9C1A#939125#888630#7D7C3B#727146#676651

Color harmonies

Complementary — #0F11A9:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.55:1 Fails
Against black text8.24:1 AAA

Best text color on #AAA70F: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AAA70F

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 #AAA70F: ·

How #AAA70F looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #A9A934Deuteranopia · #A9A93DTritanopia · #AA5157

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:

Tailwind yellow 600 · #CA8A04Tailwind lime 500 · #84CC16Tailwind yellow 500 · #EAB308

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #AAA70F rather than the exact color:

Scarlet Voyage
#A9A417 · #92E850 · #19E038 · #54E1BF
Golden Whisper
#AC9C12 · #D5EB46 · #1E33E7 · #CBC8F6
Dreamy Saffron
#B4AD13 · #B5E720 · #9CED58 · #AAF49C
Tranquil Ruby Orchard
#BB6E1A · #B3B011 · #659D1E · #2DAF1E
Wild Summit
#A3B515 · #58E72E · #6DEEA5 · #9FECF4
Honey Drift
#916822 · #9E9B16 · #B4E05B · #77D24B

Similar colors

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

#A9A417#AC9C12#B4AD13#B3B011#A3B515#9E9B16#9F9810#B29919#B19F1F#A0B713#999E11#A8B61D

Browse neighbouring colors

← #AAA70E  ·  #AAA710 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AAA70F?

#AAA70F is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 170, 167, 15). Its closest standard named color is DarkGoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AAA70F?

#AAA70F is RGB 170, 167, 15 — HSL 59°, 84%, 36% — CMYK 0%, 2%, 91%, 33%.

What colors go with #AAA70F?

Its complement is #0F11A9; analogous partners are #A9590F and #5EA90F. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AAA70F for text?

Black text on #AAA70F has a contrast ratio of 8.24:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.55:1.