The Pragmatic Border Since Cycling

#9b8d4b RGB(155,141,75)

About this color

The Pragmatic Border Since Cycling is rendered by screens as RGB(155, 141, 75) — a medium-dark, moderate yellow hue.

#9b8d4bRGB(155, 141, 75)

HSL 50° · 35% saturation · 45% lightness

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Psychology

Yellow stimulates attention and optimism; at medium lightness it is highly visible and hard to ignore.

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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

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, 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
The Pragmatic Border Since Cycling
HEX
#9b8d4b
RGB
rgb(155,141,75)
RGB%
rgb(60.8%,55.3%,29.4%)
HSL
hsl(50,35%,45%)
HSV
hsv(50,52%,61%)
CMYK
cmyk(0,9,52,39)
LAB
lab(59,-4,37)
LCH
lch(59,37,96)
sRGB
(0.608,0.553,0.294)
HEX8
#9b8d4bff
CSS Name
Decimal
155141075

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Color info

Lightness
45%
Saturation
35%
Hue
50°
Chroma
37
Temperature
WarmCool
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