#A09900

A dark, vivid yellow closely aligning with Olive.

About #A09900

The hex code #A09900 represents a beautifully specific shade of yellow. Its closest recognized web color is Olive. Its digital footprint relies on 160 parts red, 153 parts green, and 0 parts blue light.

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 4% magenta inks. Always request a physical proof before doing a large print run with this exact code.

When using this color as a background, text legibility must be considered. To prevent eye strain, #000000 text pairs best with this hex code. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#A09900
RGB160, 153, 0
HSL57.4°, 100.0%, 31.4%
CMYK0%, 4%, 100%, 37%
HSV57.4°, 100.0%, 62.7%
LAB61.9, -11.6, 65.2
XYZ25.9, 30.3, 4.5
Decimal10524928

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

2.98:1
Text on #FFFFFF
FAIL
7.05:1
Text on #000000
AAA
2.85:1
Text on #F8FAFC
FAIL
5.99:1
Text on #0F172A
AA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #A09900; }
.text-color { color: #A09900; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #A09900; }

Similar Colors

Olive
#808000