The Bluff up Old-fashioned Joining

#adb062 RGB(173,176,98)

About this color

The Bluff up Old-fashioned Joining presents itself as a medium, moderate yellow shade, sitting at #adb062 in the 24-bit RGB space.

#adb062RGB(173, 176, 98)

HSL 62° · 33% saturation · 54% 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
The Bluff up Old-fashioned Joining
HEX
#adb062
RGB
rgb(173,176,98)
RGB%
rgb(67.8%,69%,38.4%)
HSL
hsl(62,33%,54%)
HSV
hsv(62,44%,69%)
CMYK
cmyk(2,0,44,31)
LAB
lab(70,-13,39)
LCH
lch(70,41,108)
sRGB
(0.678,0.69,0.384)
HEX8
#adb062ff
CSS Name
Decimal
173176098

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Color info

Lightness
54%
Saturation
33%
Hue
62°
Chroma
41
Temperature
WarmCool
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