#aaaa1a

Color #aaaa1a

A vivid, highly saturated dark yellow.

Closest named color Olive #808000 · ΔE 18.27 Nearest Tailwind class lime-600 #5ea500 · ΔE 14.7

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Conversions

HEX

#aaaa1a

RGB

rgb(170, 170, 26)

HSL

hsl(60, 73.5%, 38.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 84.7%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 84.7%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(67.55, -15.46, 65.69)

LCH

lch(67.55, 67.48, 103.24)

OKLCH

oklch(71.5%, 0.1497, 109.67)

HWB

hwb(60, 10.2%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#1a1aaa

Analogous

#aa621a

#aaaa1a

#62aa1a

Triadic

#aaaa1a

#1aaaaa

#aa1aaa

Split-complementary

#aaaa1a

#1a62aa

#621aaa

Tetradic

#aaaa1a

#1aaa1a

#1a1aaa

#aa1aaa

Square

#aaaa1a

#1aaa62

#1a1aaa

#aa1a62

Shades

Color #aaaa1a mixed toward black.

#8e8e16

#717111

#55550d

#393909

#1c1c04

Tints

Color #aaaa1a mixed toward white.

#d7d721

#e3e349

#eaea77

#f1f1a4

#f8f8d2

Tones

Color #aaaa1a mixed toward gray.

#9e9e26

#929232

#86863e

#7a7a4a

#6e6e56

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.48:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.47:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.47:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#aaaa5b · ΔE 7.5

Deuteranopia

#aaaa64 · ΔE 9.1

Tritanopia

#aa767b · ΔE 42.4

Achromatopsia

#a4a4a4 · ΔE 26.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #aaaa1a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aaaa1a]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#aaaa1a (#aaaa1a) is rgb(170, 170, 26) in RGB.

No, #aaaa1a is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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