Information about #AAA73A color

#AAA73A color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#AAA73A falls into the Yellow Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(170, 167, 58) — 66.7% red, 65.5% green, 22.7% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 1 / 44 / 33. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #AAA73A reads as a confidently colored golden yellow and feels open and friendly. Designers typically reach for tones like this for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Karma (#B6A237). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Brass (#B5A642) and Moderate Olive (#A8A84A).

In RGB terms — rgb(170, 167, 58) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #AAA73A: 8.3:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.5:1 for white. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #AAA73A is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#AAA73A color variations

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

#AAA73A color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#AAA73A color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#AAA73A color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#AAA73A color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
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#AAA73A 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
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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
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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
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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
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Tetradic

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

Tetradic color scheme
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#3EAB3B
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Square

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

Square color scheme
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Nearest named colors to #AAA73A

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

Karma color link
Karma

#B6A237

Brass color link
Brass

#B5A642

Moderate Olive color link
Moderate Olive

#A8A84A

Moderate Gold color link
Moderate Gold

#A89C4A

Pomelo color link
Pomelo

#96A53C

Booger color link
Booger

#9BB53C

Moderate Apple Green color link
Moderate Apple Green

#9CA84A

Roti color link
Roti

#B69642

Golden Lime color link
Golden Lime

#9A9739

Husk color link
Husk

#B2994B

Antique Gold color link
Antique Gold

#B0903D

Rustic Gold color link
Rustic Gold

#C2A03D

#AAA73A color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#AAA73A
  • RGB170, 167, 58
  • CMYK0, 1, 44, 33
  • CSSrgb(170, 167, 58)
  • HSL58°, 49%, 45%
  • HSL Precise58.393°, 49.123%, 44.706%
  • HSV58°, 66%, 67%
  • HSB58°, 66%, 67%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.667
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.655
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.227
  • GLSLvec3(0.667, 0.655, 0.227)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.667, 0.655, 0.227, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.667, 0.655, 0.227)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB66.7%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB65.5%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB22.7%
  • Color Family (Hue)Yellow
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDAAA73A
  • DECIMAL ID11183930
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • This page visited6 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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