When Patient Bluff down Setting

#a6a873 RGB(166,168,115)

About this color

When Patient Bluff down Setting occupies the medium, muted end of the yellow spectrum, defined by its coordinates #a6a873 — RGB(166, 168, 115).

#a6a873RGB(166, 168, 115)

HSL 62° · 23% saturation · 55% 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 Categories

Color formats

Name
When Patient Bluff down Setting
HEX
#a6a873
RGB
rgb(166,168,115)
RGB%
rgb(65.1%,65.9%,45.1%)
HSL
hsl(62,23%,55%)
HSV
hsv(62,32%,66%)
CMYK
cmyk(1,0,32,34)
LAB
lab(68,-9,27)
LCH
lch(68,28,108)
sRGB
(0.651,0.659,0.451)
HEX8
#a6a873ff
CSS Name
Decimal
166168115

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Color info

Lightness
55%
Saturation
23%
Hue
62°
Chroma
28
Temperature
WarmCool
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