When Mellow Bay underneath Changing

#ada98e RGB(173,169,142)

About this color

When Mellow Bay underneath Changing presents itself as a medium, muted yellow shade, sitting at #ada98e in the 24-bit RGB space.

#ada98eRGB(173, 169, 142)

HSL 52° · 16% saturation · 62% 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 Mellow Bay underneath Changing
HEX
#ada98e
RGB
rgb(173,169,142)
RGB%
rgb(67.8%,66.3%,55.7%)
HSL
hsl(52,16%,62%)
HSV
hsv(52,18%,68%)
CMYK
cmyk(0,2,18,32)
LAB
lab(69,-3,14)
LCH
lch(69,14,102)
sRGB
(0.678,0.663,0.557)
HEX8
#ada98eff
CSS Name
Decimal
173169142

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Color info

Lightness
62%
Saturation
16%
Hue
52°
Chroma
14
Temperature
WarmCool
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