#aa9922

Color #aa9922

A moderately saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Olive #808000 · ΔE 13.17 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-500 #f0b100 · ΔE 15.4

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Conversions

HEX

#aa9922

RGB

rgb(170, 153, 34)

HSL

hsl(52.5, 66.7%, 40%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(52.5, 80%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 10%, 80%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(62.88, -6.29, 59.5)

LCH

lch(62.88, 59.83, 96.03)

OKLCH

oklch(67.8%, 0.1313, 100.63)

HWB

hwb(52.5, 13.3%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#2233aa

Analogous

#aa5522

#aa9922

#77aa22

Triadic

#aa9922

#22aa99

#9922aa

Split-complementary

#aa9922

#2277aa

#5522aa

Tetradic

#aa9922

#33aa22

#2233aa

#9922aa

Square

#aa9922

#22aa55

#2233aa

#aa2277

Shades

Color #aa9922 mixed toward black.

#8e801c

#716617

#554d11

#39330b

#1c1a06

Tints

Color #aa9922 mixed toward white.

#d5bf2a

#ddcc55

#e6d97f

#eee6aa

#f7f2d4

Tones

Color #aa9922 mixed toward gray.

#9f912d

#938839

#888044

#7d774f

#716f5b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.88:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.29:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.29:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a3a354 · ΔE 7.9

Deuteranopia

#a4a55c · ΔE 9

Tritanopia

#a96b6f · ΔE 38.9

Achromatopsia

#989898 · ΔE 25.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #aa9922;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aa9922]

Related colors

Khaki #f0e68c

Lemon Chiffon #fffacd

Gold #ffd700

Pale Goldenrod #eee8aa

Dark Khaki #bdb76b

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Frequently asked questions

#aa9922 (#aa9922) is rgb(170, 153, 34) in RGB.

No, #aa9922 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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