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#ACAA77 — Dusty Yellow

#ACAA77 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 #ACAA77 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.

#ACAA77 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 #7779AC; it also sits naturally between #AC9077 and #93AC77. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#ACAA77 · RGB 172, 170, 119

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Color values

HEX#ACAA77
RGB172, 170, 119
HSL58°, 24%, 57%
HSV58°, 31%, 67%
CMYK0%, 1%, 31%, 33%
XYZ34.72, 38.85, 23.12
Yxy38.85, 0.3591, 0.4018
CIE-Lab68.64, -7.43, 26.62
Hunter Lab62.33, -6.43, 18.95

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 67% · Green 67% · Blue 47%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 1% · Yellow 31% · Key 33%

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

Previews

Sample text in #ACAA77 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #ACAA77 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #ACAA77

.text { color: #ACAA77; }
.background { background-color: #ACAA77; }
.border { border: 3px solid #ACAA77; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(172, 170, 119); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(58, 24%, 57%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #ACAA77; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(172, 170, 119, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #ACAA77; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(172, 170, 119, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#ACAA77">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#ACAA77">Div content here</div>

Shades of #ACAA77

#A2A067#919059#82804F#727046#62613C#4F4E30#3F3E27#2F2F1D#1C1C11#0D0C08

Tints of #ACAA77

#B3B284#BBBA90#C3C29D#CBCAAA#D2D1B6#D8D7C0#E0DFCC#E8E7D9#EFEFE6#F7F7F2

Tones of #ACAA77

#A8A77A#A4A37F#A1A082#9C9C86#99998A#95948E

Color harmonies

Complementary — #7779AC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.39:1 Fails
Against black text8.77:1 AAA

Best text color on #ACAA77: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #ACAA77

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 #ACAA77: ·

How #ACAA77 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #ABAB83Deuteranopia · #ABAB86Tritanopia · #AC8D8F

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 #ACAA77 rather than the exact color:

Electric Ruby
#FCF0DA · #AEAC78 · #F2C46A · #4C4541
Cosmic Ruby Harbor
#714546 · #AFA779 · #5EA147 · #4A9C7E
Dusty Cascade
#ACA47A · #7AB361 · #68A288 · #91B7D0
Palette Ffeed6
#FFEED6 · #A5AF79 · #827148 · #E8A07C
Royal Ruby Summit
#A6A77D · #5B7B4C · #4AA065 · #9FC2C1
Lucky Canyon
#8649A5 · #704A5D · #996A52 · #A5AF74

Similar colors

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

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #ACAA76  ·  #ACAA78 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #ACAA77?

#ACAA77 is Dusty Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 172, 170, 119). Its closest standard named color is DarkKhaki.

What is the RGB and HSL of #ACAA77?

#ACAA77 is RGB 172, 170, 119 — HSL 58°, 24%, 57% — CMYK 0%, 1%, 31%, 33%.

What colors go with #ACAA77?

Its complement is #7779AC; analogous partners are #AC9077 and #93AC77. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #ACAA77 for text?

Black text on #ACAA77 has a contrast ratio of 8.77:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.39:1.