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#AEA375 — Dusty Yellow

#AEA375 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 #AEA375 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.

#AEA375 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 #7580AE; it also sits naturally between #AE8675 and #9DAE75. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#AEA375 · RGB 174, 163, 117

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Color values

HEX#AEA375
RGB174, 163, 117
HSL48°, 26%, 57%
HSV48°, 33%, 68%
CMYK0%, 6%, 33%, 32%
XYZ33.76, 36.48, 22.09
Yxy36.48, 0.3657, 0.3951
CIE-Lab66.88, -3.14, 25.38
Hunter Lab60.40, -2.72, 17.97

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 68% · Green 64% · Blue 46%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 6% · Yellow 33% · Key 32%

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

Previews

Sample text in #AEA375 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #AEA375 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #AEA375

.text { color: #AEA375; }
.background { background-color: #AEA375; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AEA375; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(174, 163, 117); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(48, 26%, 57%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AEA375; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(174, 163, 117, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AEA375; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(174, 163, 117, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#AEA375">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#AEA375">Div content here</div>

Shades of #AEA375

#A49865#948857#84794D#746A44#645B3A#504A2F#403B26#302C1C#1D1B11#0D0C08

Tints of #AEA375

#B5AB82#BDB48F#C5BC9B#CCC5A8#D4CDB5#D9D4BF#E1DDCC#E8E5D8#F0EEE5#F7F6F2

Tones of #AEA375

#A9A079#A69E7D#A29B81#9D9985#99968A#96948D

Color harmonies

Complementary — #7580AE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.53:1 Fails
Against black text8.30:1 AAA

Best text color on #AEA375: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AEA375

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 #AEA375: ·

How #AEA375 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #A9A980Deuteranopia · #AAAB83Tritanopia · #AD898B

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 #AEA375 rather than the exact color:

Dusty Cascade
#ACA47A · #7AB361 · #68A288 · #91B7D0
Cosmic Ruby Harbor
#714546 · #AFA779 · #5EA147 · #4A9C7E
Palette Faf6e3
#FAF6E3 · #D8DBBD · #B59F78 · #2A3663
Palette 87805e
#87805E · #B09B71 · #D8CCA3 · #EDDFB3
Electric Ruby
#FCF0DA · #AEAC78 · #F2C46A · #4C4541
Cosmic Ruby Whisper
#3F6979 · #B19CD0 · #C1849F · #AEA17F

Similar colors

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

#ACA47A#AFA779#B59F78#B09B71#AEAC78#AEA17F#B8A07A#A3A279#A6A77D#B5A481#A2AB73#A5AF74

Browse neighbouring colors

← #AEA374  ·  #AEA376 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AEA375?

#AEA375 is Dusty Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 174, 163, 117). Its closest standard named color is DarkKhaki.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AEA375?

#AEA375 is RGB 174, 163, 117 — HSL 48°, 26%, 57% — CMYK 0%, 6%, 33%, 32%.

What colors go with #AEA375?

Its complement is #7580AE; analogous partners are #AE8675 and #9DAE75. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AEA375 for text?

Black text on #AEA375 has a contrast ratio of 8.30:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.53:1.