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#ACAA34 — Muted Yellow

#ACAA34 is a yellow color we call Muted Yellow, closest to the named color YellowGreen (#9ACD32). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: yellowgreen (#9ACD32) — not an exact match. CSS yellowgreen gives you #9ACD32, a different color; use #ACAA34 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.

#ACAA34 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 #3436AD; it also sits naturally between #AD6E34 and #72AD34. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#ACAA34 · RGB 172, 170, 52

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Color values

HEX#ACAA34
RGB172, 170, 52
HSL59°, 54%, 44%
HSV59°, 70%, 67%
CMYK0%, 1%, 70%, 33%
XYZ32.01, 37.77, 8.85
Yxy37.77, 0.4071, 0.4803
CIE-Lab67.85, -13.56, 57.93
Hunter Lab61.46, -11.48, 32.33

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 67% · Green 67% · Blue 20%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 1% · Yellow 70% · Key 33%

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

Previews

Sample text in #ACAA34 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #ACAA34 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #ACAA34

.text { color: #ACAA34; }
.background { background-color: #ACAA34; }
.border { border: 3px solid #ACAA34; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(172, 170, 52); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(59, 54%, 44%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #ACAA34; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(172, 170, 52, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #ACAA34; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(172, 170, 52, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#ACAA34">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#ACAA34">Div content here</div>

Shades of #ACAA34

#9D9B2F#8D8C2A#7E7C26#6E6D21#5E5D1C#4F4E17#3F3E13#2F2F0E#1F1F09#101005

Tints of #ACAA34

#C0BE39#C9C74A#D0CE62#D6D476#DCDA89#E2E19D#E8E7B0#EFEEC8#F4F4DC#FAFAEF

Tones of #ACAA34

#A4A23D#9C9A44#93924D#8A8956#81805F#797967

Color harmonies

Complementary — #3436AD:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.46:1 Fails
Against black text8.55:1 AAA

Best text color on #ACAA34: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #ACAA34

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 #ACAA34: ·

How #ACAA34 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #ABAB51Deuteranopia · #ABAB57Tritanopia · #AC676C

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 Light Green 500 · #8BC34AMaterial Lime 500 · #CDDC39Tailwind lime 500 · #84CC16

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #ACAA34 rather than the exact color:

Gentle Ruby Aurora
#E2DFA6 · #D4CF81 · #C0B949 · #B3AA2E
Frozen Garden
#8B4F1E · #A8A62B · #4D7F20 · #259B2D
Velvet Ruby Cinder
#9B2646 · #E37C6F · #DF9C5B · #B4A42F
Hidden Opal
#3746AE · #6C63CE · #B5A539 · #E7E1C4
Tender Ruby Breeze
#D54253 · #C2742D · #A0A838 · #93D471
Frozen Meadow
#A8A828 · #E2D582 · #6564DA · #CCCAEE

Similar colors

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

#B3AA2E#A8A62B#B4A42F#B5A539#A0A838#A8A828#B2A03B#B59E35#B9A63C#9FA62A#A3B228#A89C29

Browse neighbouring colors

← #ACAA33  ·  #ACAA35 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #ACAA34?

#ACAA34 is Muted Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 172, 170, 52). Its closest standard named color is YellowGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #ACAA34?

#ACAA34 is RGB 172, 170, 52 — HSL 59°, 54%, 44% — CMYK 0%, 1%, 70%, 33%.

What colors go with #ACAA34?

Its complement is #3436AD; analogous partners are #AD6E34 and #72AD34. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #ACAA34 for text?

Black text on #ACAA34 has a contrast ratio of 8.55:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.46:1.