Forthright Brook into Curving

#ad9a2c RGB(173,154,44)

About this color

Forthright Brook into Curving occupies the medium-dark, vivid end of the yellow spectrum, defined by its coordinates #ad9a2c — RGB(173, 154, 44).

#ad9a2cRGB(173, 154, 44)

HSL 51° · 59% saturation · 43% 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
Forthright Brook into Curving
HEX
#ad9a2c
RGB
rgb(173,154,44)
RGB%
rgb(67.8%,60.4%,17.3%)
HSL
hsl(51,59%,43%)
HSV
hsv(51,75%,68%)
CMYK
cmyk(0,11,75,32)
LAB
lab(63,-5,57)
LCH
lch(63,57,95)
sRGB
(0.678,0.604,0.173)
HEX8
#ad9a2cff
CSS Name
Decimal
173154044

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Color info

Lightness
43%
Saturation
59%
Hue
51°
Chroma
57
Temperature
WarmCool
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