What the Brine without Dreadful Submerging

#333809 RGB(51,56,9)

About this color

What the Brine without Dreadful Submerging is rendered by screens as RGB(51, 56, 9) — a deep, vivid yellow hue.

#333809RGB(51, 56, 9)

HSL 66° · 72% saturation · 13% lightness

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Psychology

Dark yellows — ochres and golds — have carried associations of wealth, harvest, and endurance across centuries.

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History

Indian Yellow, a pigment used in Mughal miniature painting, was produced from the urine of mango-fed cows — an extraordinary material history hidden behind a simple hue.

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Design use

Practically speaking, this deep yellow is most at home as a background for light-coloured text, as a deep accent stripe, or as an anchoring tone in dark-mode interfaces. It pairs naturally with off-whites, warm creams, and metallic highlights.

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Colour pairings

When it comes to colour harmony, combine this yellow with deep indigo for high-contrast drama, or with dusty sage and off-white for a palette of sunlit calm.

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Color formats

Name
What the Brine without Dreadful Submerging
HEX
#333809
RGB
rgb(51,56,9)
RGB%
rgb(20%,22%,3.5%)
HSL
hsl(66,72%,13%)
HSV
hsv(66,84%,22%)
CMYK
cmyk(9,0,84,78)
LAB
lab(22,-9,27)
LCH
lch(22,28,108)
sRGB
(0.2,0.22,0.035)
HEX8
#333809ff
CSS Name
Decimal
051056009

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Color info

Lightness
13%
Saturation
72%
Hue
66°
Chroma
28
Temperature
WarmCool
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