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#aa9a21

a dark, vivid yellow · cool · closest name: olive

RGB
170, 154, 33
HSL
53°, 68%, 40%
CMYK
0, 9, 81, 33
Luminance
0.3177

Every format

HEX#aa9a21
RGBrgb(170, 154, 33)
HSLhsl(53, 68%, 40%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 9%, 81%, 33%)
LABlab(63.1 -6.9 60.0)
LCHlch(63.1 60.4 96.5)
OKLCHoklch(0.680 0.133 101.3)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #aa9a21;
background-color: #aa9a21;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#aa9a21] bg-[#aa9a21]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #aa9a21;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.667, green: 0.604, blue: 0.129)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#aa9a21")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#aa9a21 on white: 2.86:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#aa9a21 on black: 7.35:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red66.7%
Green60.4%
Blue12.9%

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta9.4%
Yellow80.6%
Key (black)33.3%

Color previews

#aa9a21 text on a black background

contrast 7.35:1

Card sample

#aa9a21 text on a white background

contrast 2.86:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #aa9a21;
Background color
Panel with #aa9a21 background
background-color: #aa9a21;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #aa9a21;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(170, 154, 33, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(170, 154, 33, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #aa9a21;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aa9a21, #5FAA21);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #aa9a21

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #aa9a21 in the Color Lab