When the Mellowed Brook past Learning

#a9bc38 RGB(169,188,56)

About this color

When the Mellowed Brook past Learning presents itself as a medium-dark, vivid yellow shade, sitting at #a9bc38 in the 24-bit RGB space.

#a9bc38RGB(169, 188, 56)

HSL 69° · 54% saturation · 48% 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 formats

Name
When the Mellowed Brook past Learning
HEX
#a9bc38
RGB
rgb(169,188,56)
RGB%
rgb(66.3%,73.7%,22%)
HSL
hsl(69,54%,48%)
HSV
hsv(69,70%,74%)
CMYK
cmyk(10,0,70,26)
LAB
lab(73,-24,61)
LCH
lch(73,66,111)
sRGB
(0.663,0.737,0.22)
HEX8
#a9bc38ff
CSS Name
Decimal
169188056

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Color info

Lightness
48%
Saturation
54%
Hue
69°
Chroma
66
Temperature
WarmCool
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