What Dreadful Basalt beneath Drowning

#505134 RGB(80,81,52)

About this color

What Dreadful Basalt beneath Drowning is rendered by screens as RGB(80, 81, 52) — a dark, muted yellow hue.

#505134RGB(80, 81, 52)

HSL 62° · 22% saturation · 26% 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 Categories

Color formats

Name
What Dreadful Basalt beneath Drowning
HEX
#505134
RGB
rgb(80,81,52)
RGB%
rgb(31.4%,31.8%,20.4%)
HSL
hsl(62,22%,26%)
HSV
hsv(62,36%,32%)
CMYK
cmyk(1,0,36,68)
LAB
lab(34,-6,17)
LCH
lch(34,18,109)
sRGB
(0.314,0.318,0.204)
HEX8
#505134ff
CSS Name
Decimal
080081052

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Color info

Lightness
26%
Saturation
22%
Hue
62°
Chroma
18
Temperature
WarmCool
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