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#ACAA75 — Dusty Yellow

#ACAA75 is a yellow color we call Dusty Yellow, closest to the named color DarkKhaki (#BDB76B). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: darkkhaki (#BDB76B) — not an exact match. CSS darkkhaki gives you #BDB76B, a different color; use #ACAA75 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.

#ACAA75 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 #7678AD; it also sits naturally between #AD9076 and #93AD76. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#ACAA75 · RGB 172, 170, 117

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Color values

HEX#ACAA75
RGB172, 170, 117
HSL58°, 25%, 57%
HSV58°, 32%, 67%
CMYK0%, 1%, 32%, 33%
XYZ34.60, 38.80, 22.50
Yxy38.80, 0.3608, 0.4046
CIE-Lab68.61, -7.69, 27.64
Hunter Lab62.29, -6.65, 19.53

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 67% · Green 67% · Blue 46%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 1% · Yellow 32% · Key 33%

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

Previews

Sample text in #ACAA75 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #ACAA75 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #ACAA75

.text { color: #ACAA75; }
.background { background-color: #ACAA75; }
.border { border: 3px solid #ACAA75; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(172, 170, 117); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(58, 25%, 57%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #ACAA75; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(172, 170, 117, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #ACAA75; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(172, 170, 117, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#ACAA75">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#ACAA75">Div content here</div>

Shades of #ACAA75

#A3A166#939158#83814E#737145#63613B#504F30#403F26#302F1D#1D1C11#0D0D08

Tints of #ACAA75

#B4B383#BCBB8F#C4C29C#CBCAA9#D3D2B6#D9D8BF#E0E0CC#E8E8D9#F0EFE6#F7F7F2

Tones of #ACAA75

#A8A77A#A5A47E#A1A082#9D9D85#99998A#96958D

Color harmonies

Complementary — #7678AD:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.40:1 Fails
Against black text8.76:1 AAA

Best text color on #ACAA75: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #ACAA75

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 #ACAA75: ·

How #ACAA75 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #ABAB82Deuteranopia · #ABAB85Tritanopia · #AC8C8E

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 Grey 500 · #9E9E9EMaterial Light Green 500 · #8BC34ATailwind stone 500 · #78716C

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #ACAA75 rather than the exact color:

Electric Ruby
#FCF0DA · #AEAC78 · #F2C46A · #4C4541
Cosmic Ruby Harbor
#714546 · #AFA779 · #5EA147 · #4A9C7E
Dusty Cascade
#ACA47A · #7AB361 · #68A288 · #91B7D0
Lucky Canyon
#8649A5 · #704A5D · #996A52 · #A5AF74
Palette Ffeed6
#FFEED6 · #A5AF79 · #827148 · #E8A07C
Palette Fff7eb
#FFF7EB · #F9F0E0 · #A2AB73 · #CC3A63

Similar colors

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

#AEAC78#AFA779#ACA47A#A5AF74#A5AF79#A2AB73#A6A77D#A9AF7E#B2B377#A3A279#A6B37D#AEA17F

Browse neighbouring colors

← #ACAA74  ·  #ACAA76 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #ACAA75?

#ACAA75 is Dusty Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 172, 170, 117). Its closest standard named color is DarkKhaki.

What is the RGB and HSL of #ACAA75?

#ACAA75 is RGB 172, 170, 117 — HSL 58°, 25%, 57% — CMYK 0%, 1%, 32%, 33%.

What colors go with #ACAA75?

Its complement is #7678AD; analogous partners are #AD9076 and #93AD76. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #ACAA75 for text?

Black text on #ACAA75 has a contrast ratio of 8.76:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.40:1.