When Aching Basalt via Defiling

#453a13 RGB(69,58,19)

About this color

When Aching Basalt via Defiling is rendered by screens as RGB(69, 58, 19) — a dark, vivid yellow hue.

#453a13RGB(69, 58, 19)

HSL 47° · 57% saturation · 17% 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
When Aching Basalt via Defiling
HEX
#453a13
RGB
rgb(69,58,19)
RGB%
rgb(27.1%,22.7%,7.5%)
HSL
hsl(47,57%,17%)
HSV
hsv(47,72%,27%)
CMYK
cmyk(0,16,72,73)
LAB
lab(25,-1,25)
LCH
lch(25,25,92)
sRGB
(0.271,0.227,0.075)
HEX8
#453a13ff
CSS Name
Decimal
069058019

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Color info

Lightness
17%
Saturation
57%
Hue
47°
Chroma
25
Temperature
WarmCool
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