can I add opacity as a background color in css code example

Example 1: css opacity background color

background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.25);

Example 2: css set background opacity

/*background color opacity with explainations */
rgba(51, 170, 51, .1)    /*  10% opaque green */ 
rgba(51, 170, 51, .4)    /*  40% opaque green */ 
rgba(51, 170, 51, .7)    /*  70% opaque green */ 
rgba(51, 170, 51,  1)    /* full opaque green */