Information about #AAA122 color

#AAA122 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#AAA122 falls into the Yellow Color Family — High Saturation, Light brightness. The mix behind it: rgb(170, 161, 34) — 66.7% red, 63.1% green, 13.3% blue; the print equivalent is CMYK 0 / 4 / 53 / 33. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#AAA122 presents itself as a vivid, lively yellow — one that carries an easy, daylight feel. In practice it works well for logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Lucky (#AB9A1C). Slightly further away sit Citron (#9FA91F) and Earls Green (#B8A722).

In RGB terms — rgb(170, 161, 34) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, black text reaches a 7.8:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 2.7:1. #AAA122 has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.

#AAA122 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#AAA122 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #AAA122

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Lucky color link
Lucky

#AB9A1C

Citron color link
Citron

#9FA91F

Earls Green color link
Earls Green

#B8A722

Vomit color link
Vomit

#A2A415

Sahara color link
Sahara

#B79826

Buddha Gold color link
Buddha Gold

#BC9B1B

Limelight color link
Limelight

#99AD25

Greenfinch color link
Greenfinch

#BDA928

Impromptu color link
Impromptu

#9BB123

Wazzup color link
Wazzup

#BC9425

Gold Foil color link
Gold Foil

#BD9B16

Vintage Gold color link
Vintage Gold

#A28B23

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#AAA122
  • RGB170, 161, 34
  • CMYK0, 4, 53, 33
  • CSSrgb(170, 161, 34)
  • HSL56°, 67%, 40%
  • HSL Precise56.029°, 66.667%, 40%
  • HSV56°, 80%, 67%
  • HSB56°, 80%, 67%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.667
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.631
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.133
  • GLSLvec3(0.667, 0.631, 0.133)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.667, 0.631, 0.133, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.667, 0.631, 0.133)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB66.7%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB63.1%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB13.3%
  • Color FamilyYellow
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDAAA122
  • DECIMAL ID11182370
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01