When Honeyed Bluff with Spanning

#9e9f83 RGB(158,159,131)

About this color

When Honeyed Bluff with Spanning is a muted, medium yellow tone, fixed at #9e9f83 in the RGB color space.

#9e9f83RGB(158, 159, 131)

HSL 62° · 13% saturation · 57% lightness

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Psychology

Mid yellow is simultaneously cheerful and attention-grabbing — used where things need to be noticed.

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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

Practically, this medium yellow is comfortable 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

For palette building, yellow's complementary is violet — a pairing that feels both surprising and resolved. For a softer approach, yellows work well with warm greys, natural linens, and ochres.

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Color formats

Name
When Honeyed Bluff with Spanning
HEX
#9e9f83
RGB
rgb(158,159,131)
RGB%
rgb(62%,62.4%,51.4%)
HSL
hsl(62,13%,57%)
HSV
hsv(62,18%,62%)
CMYK
cmyk(1,0,18,38)
LAB
lab(65,-5,15)
LCH
lch(65,16,108)
sRGB
(0.62,0.624,0.514)
HEX8
#9e9f83ff
CSS Name
Decimal
158159131

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Color info

Lightness
57%
Saturation
13%
Hue
62°
Chroma
16
Temperature
WarmCool
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