Palettes / Colors / #AAAA09

#AAAA09 — Vivid Yellow

#AAAA09 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 #AAAA09 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.

#AAAA09 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 #0909AA; it also sits naturally between #AA5909 and #59AA09. 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 67% · Blue 4%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 95% · Key 33%

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

Previews

CSS code for #AAAA09

.text { color: #AAAA09; }
.background { background-color: #AAAA09; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AAAA09; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(170, 170, 9); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(60, 90%, 35%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AAAA09; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(170, 170, 9, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AAAA09; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(170, 170, 9, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#AAAA09">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#AAAA09">Div content here</div>

Shades of #AAAA09

Tints of #AAAA09

Tones of #AAAA09

Color harmonies

Complementary — #0909AA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #AAAA09: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AAAA09

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 #AAAA09 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 #AAAA09 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

← #AAAA08  ·  #AAAA0A →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AAAA09?

#AAAA09 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 170, 170, 9). Its closest standard named color is DarkGoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AAAA09?

#AAAA09 is RGB 170, 170, 9 — HSL 60°, 90%, 35% — CMYK 0%, 0%, 95%, 33%.

What colors go with #AAAA09?

Its complement is #0909AA; analogous partners are #AA5909 and #59AA09. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AAAA09 for text?

Black text on #AAAA09 has a contrast ratio of 8.46:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.48:1.