When the Wild Border among Toiling

#a9a338 RGB(169,163,56)

About this color

When the Wild Border among Toiling is rendered by screens as RGB(169, 163, 56) — a medium-dark, vivid yellow hue.

#a9a338RGB(169, 163, 56)

HSL 57° · 50% saturation · 44% 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 the Wild Border among Toiling
HEX
#a9a338
RGB
rgb(169,163,56)
RGB%
rgb(66.3%,63.9%,22%)
HSL
hsl(57,50%,44%)
HSV
hsv(57,67%,66%)
CMYK
cmyk(0,4,67,34)
LAB
lab(66,-11,54)
LCH
lch(66,55,102)
sRGB
(0.663,0.639,0.22)
HEX8
#a9a338ff
CSS Name
Decimal
169163056

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Color info

Lightness
44%
Saturation
50%
Hue
57°
Chroma
55
Temperature
WarmCool
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