#aaaa33

Color #aaaa33

A moderately saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Olive #808000 · ΔE 15.95 Nearest Tailwind class lime-600 #5ea500 · ΔE 14.3

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Conversions

HEX

#aaaa33

RGB

rgb(170, 170, 51)

HSL

hsl(60, 53.8%, 43.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 70%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 70%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(67.68, -14.48, 58.08)

LCH

lch(67.68, 59.86, 104)

OKLCH

oklch(71.6%, 0.1371, 109.39)

HWB

hwb(60, 20%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#3333aa

Analogous

#aa6e33

#aaaa33

#6eaa33

Triadic

#aaaa33

#33aaaa

#aa33aa

Split-complementary

#aaaa33

#336eaa

#6e33aa

Tetradic

#aaaa33

#33aa33

#3333aa

#aa33aa

Square

#aaaa33

#33aa6e

#3333aa

#aa336e

Shades

Color #aaaa33 mixed toward black.

#8e8e2b

#717122

#55551a

#393911

#1c1c09

Tints

Color #aaaa33 mixed toward white.

#c7c746

#d2d26b

#dede90

#e9e9b5

#f4f4da

Tones

Color #aaaa33 mixed toward gray.

#a0a03d

#969647

#8c8c51

#82825b

#787865

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.47:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.51:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.51:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#aaaa62 · ΔE 6.7

Deuteranopia

#aaaa6a · ΔE 8.3

Tritanopia

#aa797e · ΔE 40.2

Achromatopsia

#a5a5a5 · ΔE 25.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aaaa33;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aaaa33]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#aaaa33 (#aaaa33) is rgb(170, 170, 51) in RGB.

No, #aaaa33 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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