When Resolute Bay via Delineating

#a9a023 RGB(169,160,35)

About this color

When Resolute Bay via Delineating is rendered by screens as RGB(169, 160, 35) — a medium-dark, vivid yellow hue.

#a9a023RGB(169, 160, 35)

HSL 56° · 66% saturation · 40% 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
When Resolute Bay via Delineating
HEX
#a9a023
RGB
rgb(169,160,35)
RGB%
rgb(66.3%,62.7%,13.7%)
HSL
hsl(56,66%,40%)
HSV
hsv(56,79%,66%)
CMYK
cmyk(0,5,79,34)
LAB
lab(65,-10,61)
LCH
lch(65,62,99)
sRGB
(0.663,0.627,0.137)
HEX8
#a9a023ff
CSS Name
Decimal
169160035

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Color info

Lightness
40%
Saturation
66%
Hue
56°
Chroma
62
Temperature
WarmCool
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