When Chill Carbon until Breaking

#484b03 RGB(72,75,3)

About this color

When Chill Carbon until Breaking is rendered by screens as RGB(72, 75, 3) — a dark, intense yellow hue.

#484b03RGB(72, 75, 3)

HSL 63° · 92% saturation · 15% 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 Chill Carbon until Breaking
HEX
#484b03
RGB
rgb(72,75,3)
RGB%
rgb(28.2%,29.4%,1.2%)
HSL
hsl(63,92%,15%)
HSV
hsv(63,96%,29%)
CMYK
cmyk(4,0,96,71)
LAB
lab(30,-10,37)
LCH
lch(30,38,105)
sRGB
(0.282,0.294,0.012)
HEX8
#484b03ff
CSS Name
Decimal
072075003

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Color info

Lightness
15%
Saturation
92%
Hue
63°
Chroma
38
Temperature
WarmCool
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