When Homespun Brook down Steadying

#a9a67e RGB(169,166,126)

About this color

When Homespun Brook down Steadying presents itself as a medium, muted yellow shade, sitting at #a9a67e in the 24-bit RGB space.

#a9a67eRGB(169, 166, 126)

HSL 56° · 20% saturation · 58% 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

At medium lightness, this yellow is flexible enough to serve 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

In terms of colour combinations, 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 Homespun Brook down Steadying
HEX
#a9a67e
RGB
rgb(169,166,126)
RGB%
rgb(66.3%,65.1%,49.4%)
HSL
hsl(56,20%,58%)
HSV
hsv(56,25%,66%)
CMYK
cmyk(0,2,25,34)
LAB
lab(67,-6,21)
LCH
lch(67,22,106)
sRGB
(0.663,0.651,0.494)
HEX8
#a9a67eff
CSS Name
Decimal
169166126

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Color info

Lightness
58%
Saturation
20%
Hue
56°
Chroma
22
Temperature
WarmCool
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