When Old-fashioned Bay circa Continuing

#8c976e RGB(140,151,110)

About this color

When Old-fashioned Bay circa Continuing is rendered by screens as RGB(140, 151, 110) — a medium, muted yellow-green hue.

#8c976eRGB(140, 151, 110)

HSL 76° · 16% saturation · 51% lightness

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Psychology

This tone carries its own quiet authority within the yellow-green spectrum.

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History

Every colour carries history — this yellow-green tone sits within a tradition of pigments, dyes and cultural meanings that stretches back millennia.

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Design use

This shade sits in a versatile middle ground — useful as interactive elements, tags, badges, and highlight states. It has enough saturation to register clearly without straining extended-reading contexts.

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Colour pairings

When it comes to colour harmony, this tone pairs well with its complementary hue on the opposite side of the wheel, as well as with warm or cool neutrals depending on its neutral character.

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Color formats

Name
When Old-fashioned Bay circa Continuing
HEX
#8c976e
RGB
rgb(140,151,110)
RGB%
rgb(54.9%,59.2%,43.1%)
HSL
hsl(76,16%,51%)
HSV
hsv(76,27%,59%)
CMYK
cmyk(7,0,27,41)
LAB
lab(61,-11,20)
LCH
lch(61,23,119)
sRGB
(0.549,0.592,0.431)
HEX8
#8c976eff
CSS Name
Decimal
140151110

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Color info

Lightness
51%
Saturation
16%
Hue
76°
Chroma
23
Temperature
WarmCool
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