Palettes / Colors / #ACAA17

#ACAA17 — Yellow

#ACAA17 is a yellow color we call 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 #ACAA17 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.

#ACAA17 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 #171AAB; it also sits naturally between #AB5E17 and #63AB17. 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 9%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 1% · Yellow 87% · Key 33%

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

Previews

CSS code for #ACAA17

.text { color: #ACAA17; }
.background { background-color: #ACAA17; }
.border { border: 3px solid #ACAA17; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(172, 170, 23); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(59, 76%, 38%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #ACAA17; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(172, 170, 23, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #ACAA17; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(172, 170, 23, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#ACAA17">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#ACAA17">Div content here</div>

Shades of #ACAA17

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Tones of #ACAA17

Color harmonies

Complementary — #171AAB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #ACAA17: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #ACAA17

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 #ACAA17 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 #ACAA17 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

← #ACAA16  ·  #ACAA18 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #ACAA17?

#ACAA17 is Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 172, 170, 23). Its closest standard named color is DarkGoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #ACAA17?

#ACAA17 is RGB 172, 170, 23 — HSL 59°, 76%, 38% — CMYK 0%, 1%, 87%, 33%.

What colors go with #ACAA17?

Its complement is #171AAB; analogous partners are #AB5E17 and #63AB17. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #ACAA17 for text?

Black text on #ACAA17 has a contrast ratio of 8.52:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.47:1.