Palettes / Colors / #AEAD8A

#AEAD8A — Dusty Yellow

#AEAD8A 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 #AEAD8A 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.

#AEAD8A 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 #8A8BAD; it also sits naturally between #AD9A8A and #9DAD8A. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 68% · Green 68% · Blue 54%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 1% · Yellow 21% · Key 32%

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

Previews

CSS code for #AEAD8A

.text { color: #AEAD8A; }
.background { background-color: #AEAD8A; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AEAD8A; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(174, 173, 138); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(58, 18%, 61%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AEAD8A; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(174, 173, 138, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AEAD8A; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(174, 173, 138, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#AEAD8A">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#AEAD8A">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #8A8BAD:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #AEAD8A: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AEAD8A

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:

How #AEAD8A looks with color blindness

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

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:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #AEAD8A rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #AEAD89  ·  #AEAD8B →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AEAD8A?

#AEAD8A is Dusty Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 174, 173, 138). Its closest standard named color is DarkGray.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AEAD8A?

#AEAD8A is RGB 174, 173, 138 — HSL 58°, 18%, 61% — CMYK 0%, 1%, 21%, 32%.

What colors go with #AEAD8A?

Its complement is #8A8BAD; analogous partners are #AD9A8A and #9DAD8A. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AEAD8A for text?

Black text on #AEAD8A has a contrast ratio of 9.14:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.30:1.