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#ACAA91 — Dusty Yellow

#ACAA91 is a yellow color we call Dusty Yellow, closest to the named color DarkGray (#A9A9A9). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: darkgray (#A9A9A9) — not an exact match. CSS darkgray gives you #A9A9A9, a different color; use #ACAA91 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.

#ACAA91 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 #9192AC; it also sits naturally between #AC9C91 and #A0AC91. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#ACAA91 · RGB 172, 170, 145

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Color values

HEX#ACAA91
RGB172, 170, 145
HSL56°, 14%, 62%
HSV56°, 16%, 67%
CMYK0%, 1%, 16%, 33%
XYZ36.50, 39.56, 32.50
Yxy39.56, 0.3362, 0.3644
CIE-Lab69.16, -3.63, 13.16
Hunter Lab62.90, -3.19, 10.35

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 67% · Green 67% · Blue 57%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 1% · Yellow 16% · Key 33%

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

Previews

Sample text in #ACAA91 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #ACAA91 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #ACAA91

.text { color: #ACAA91; }
.background { background-color: #ACAA91; }
.border { border: 3px solid #ACAA91; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(172, 170, 145); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(56, 14%, 62%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #ACAA91; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(172, 170, 145, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #ACAA91; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(172, 170, 145, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#ACAA91">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#ACAA91">Div content here</div>

Shades of #ACAA91

#9F9C7F#918F6E#838163#717056#605E48#4E4D3B#3D3C2E#2F2E23#1D1D16#0C0B09

Tints of #ACAA91

#B2B199#BBBAA5#C2C0AE#CAC9B9#D1D0C2#D8D7CB#E0E0D6#E7E6DF#F0EFEB#F6F6F3

Tones of #ACAA91

#AAA892#A8A694#A6A596#A4A398#A2A19A#A0A09C

Color harmonies

Complementary — #9192AC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.36:1 Fails
Against black text8.91:1 AAA

Best text color on #ACAA91: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #ACAA91

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 #ACAA91: ·

How #ACAA91 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #ABAB97Deuteranopia · #ABAB99Tritanopia · #AC9C9D

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 neutral 500 · #737373

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #ACAA91 rather than the exact color:

Palette 98d8ef
#98D8EF · #EAE2C6 · #BFBBA9 · #ADA991
Palette E5dcc3
#E5DCC3 · #C7BEA2 · #AAA492 · #9A9483
Palette F3eeea
#F3EEEA · #EBE3D5 · #B0A695 · #776B5D
Palette 524646
#524646 · #A8A492 · #FCF2E5 · #EC5B38
Rustic Ruby Harbor
#ABB18E · #59875E · #3D7377 · #5E5CBB
Palette 293b5f
#293B5F · #47597E · #DBE6FD · #B2AB8C

Similar colors

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

#ADA991#AAA492#B0A695#A8A492#ABB18E#B2AB8C#B3A492#A5A58D#AAB396#B4B190#ABB58F#A6B28B

Browse neighbouring colors

← #ACAA90  ·  #ACAA92 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #ACAA91?

#ACAA91 is Dusty Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 172, 170, 145). Its closest standard named color is DarkGray.

What is the RGB and HSL of #ACAA91?

#ACAA91 is RGB 172, 170, 145 — HSL 56°, 14%, 62% — CMYK 0%, 1%, 16%, 33%.

What colors go with #ACAA91?

Its complement is #9192AC; analogous partners are #AC9C91 and #A0AC91. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #ACAA91 for text?

Black text on #ACAA91 has a contrast ratio of 8.91:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.36:1.