What Pitiless Basalt beneath Expiring

#3e3a14 RGB(62,58,20)

About this color

What Pitiless Basalt beneath Expiring is rendered by screens as RGB(62, 58, 20) — a dark, vivid yellow hue.

#3e3a14RGB(62, 58, 20)

HSL 54° · 51% saturation · 16% 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

Yellow ochre is one of the oldest pigments known — used in the Lascaux cave paintings over 17,000 years ago, it remains a staple of artists' palettes today.

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Design use

Practically speaking, this deep yellow is most at home as a grounding element in print design — covers, footers, section dividers. On screen it suits dashboards and interfaces where a serious tone matters.

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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 Pitiless Basalt beneath Expiring
HEX
#3e3a14
RGB
rgb(62,58,20)
RGB%
rgb(24.3%,22.7%,7.8%)
HSL
hsl(54,51%,16%)
HSV
hsv(54,68%,24%)
CMYK
cmyk(0,6,68,76)
LAB
lab(24,-4,24)
LCH
lch(24,24,99)
sRGB
(0.243,0.227,0.078)
HEX8
#3e3a14ff
CSS Name
Decimal
062058020

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Color info

Lightness
16%
Saturation
51%
Hue
54°
Chroma
24
Temperature
WarmCool
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