# Hawaii license plate: Rainbow

> The Hawaii rainbow license plate: format LLL 999, for example ALO 123, 1991 to 2025, car, van, truck, and bus. What each character means, its sizes and sources.

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Part of [Hawaii license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--hawaii) (7 registration series).

![Hawaii (United States) license plate, Rainbow (1991 to 2025)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-hi/us-hi-rainbow-1991/hawaii-license-plate-rainbow.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `LLL 999` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | 1991–2025 |
| Class | standard |
| Issued for | car, van, truck, bus |
| Plate size | 12 × 6 in |
| Colours | background #FFFFFF; characters #000000 |
| Rear plate differs from the front | no |
| Checking a registration | The format above follows the issuing rules: a registration that fits it is one this series could have issued. |
| Series id | `us-hi-rainbow-1991` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--hawaii/rainbow-1991) |

Sources:

- [§ 249-9(a)(1): plates issued BEFORE 1 January 2025 bear 'Hawaii' and 'Aloha State' — the statutory END of this series; and the section's history line, which records an amendment by L 1990, c 132, § 2 the year before the reported base change](https://web.archive.org/web/2024id_/https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol04_Ch0201-0257/HRS0249/HRS_0249-0009.htm)
- [en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Hawaii)

## About this plate

THE RAINBOW BASE. The end is HRS § 249-9(a)(1)'s "issued before January 1, 2025". Note also that this series does not stop being relevant at the boundary: Hawaii has no replacement cycle, so rainbow plates without the ʻokina will outnumber ʻokina plates on Hawaii roads for many years, and a parse API should weight accordingly.

## Before and after

| Relation | Series | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Replaced by | [Standard](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--hawaii/standard-2025) | 2025 to today |

## Other standard plates here

- [Standard](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--hawaii/standard-2025) (2025 to today)

## Use it

- Plate image (SVG): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-hi/us-hi-rainbow-1991.svg
- Make it with your own text: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plate-generator/hawaii?series=us-hi-rainbow-1991
- API: `GET https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/us-hi` returns this series as the entry with `"id": "us-hi-rainbow-1991"` (https://vehiclesdb.com/api)

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