Information about #AAA831 color

#AAA831 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#AAA831 falls into the Yellow Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(170, 168, 49) — 66.7% red, 65.9% green, 19.2% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 1 / 47 / 33. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #AAA831 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 Earls Green (#B8A722).

The recipe behind #AAA831 is rgb(170, 168, 49), with red as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #AAA831: 8.4:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.5:1 for white. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #AAA831 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#AAA831 color variations

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

#AAA831 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 #AAA831

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

Earls Green color link
Earls Green

#B8A722

Greenfinch color link
Greenfinch

#BDA928

Citron color link
Citron

#9FA91F

Limelight color link
Limelight

#99AD25

Sick Green color link
Sick Green

#9DB92C

Impromptu color link
Impromptu

#9BB123

Booger color link
Booger

#9BB53C

Pomelo color link
Pomelo

#96A53C

Sahara color link
Sahara

#B79826

Golden Lime color link
Golden Lime

#9A9739

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#AAA831
  • RGB170, 168, 49
  • CMYK0, 1, 47, 33
  • CSSrgb(170, 168, 49)
  • HSL59°, 55%, 43%
  • HSL Precise59.008°, 55.251%, 42.941%
  • HSV59°, 71%, 67%
  • HSB59°, 71%, 67%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.667
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.659
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.192
  • GLSLvec3(0.667, 0.659, 0.192)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.667, 0.659, 0.192, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.667, 0.659, 0.192)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB66.7%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB65.9%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB19.2%
  • Color FamilyYellow
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDAAA831
  • DECIMAL ID11184177
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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