#aaaa00

Color #aaaa00

A vivid, highly saturated dark yellow.

Closest named color Olive #808000 · ΔE 20.58 Nearest Tailwind class lime-600 #5ea500 · ΔE 15

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Conversions

HEX

#aaaa00

RGB

rgb(170, 170, 0)

HSL

hsl(60, 100%, 33.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 100%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 100%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(67.5, -15.91, 69.73)

LCH

lch(67.5, 71.52, 102.85)

OKLCH

oklch(71.4%, 0.1557, 109.79)

HWB

hwb(60, 0%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#0000aa

Analogous

#aa5500

#aaaa00

#55aa00

Triadic

#aaaa00

#00aaaa

#aa00aa

Split-complementary

#aaaa00

#0055aa

#5500aa

Tetradic

#aaaa00

#00aa00

#0000aa

#aa00aa

Square

#aaaa00

#00aa55

#0000aa

#aa0055

Shades

Color #aaaa00 mixed toward black.

#8e8e00

#717100

#555500

#393900

#1c1c00

Tints

Color #aaaa00 mixed toward white.

#e3e300

#ffff1c

#ffff55

#ffff8e

#ffffc6

Tones

Color #aaaa00 mixed toward gray.

#9c9c0e

#8e8e1c

#7f7f2a

#717139

#636347

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.48:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.46:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.46:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#aaaa58 · ΔE 8

Deuteranopia

#aaaa61 · ΔE 9.5

Tritanopia

#aa7479 · ΔE 43.5

Achromatopsia

#a4a4a4 · ΔE 27.4

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #aaaa00;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aaaa00]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#aaaa00 (#aaaa00) is rgb(170, 170, 0) in RGB.

No, #aaaa00 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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