What the Brook despite Ripened Returning

#afa269 RGB(175,162,105)

About this color

What the Brook despite Ripened Returning presents itself as a medium, moderate yellow shade, sitting at #afa269 in the 24-bit RGB space.

#afa269RGB(175, 162, 105)

HSL 49° · 30% saturation · 55% 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
What the Brook despite Ripened Returning
HEX
#afa269
RGB
rgb(175,162,105)
RGB%
rgb(68.6%,63.5%,41.2%)
HSL
hsl(49,30%,55%)
HSV
hsv(49,40%,69%)
CMYK
cmyk(0,7,40,31)
LAB
lab(67,-4,31)
LCH
lch(67,31,97)
sRGB
(0.686,0.635,0.412)
HEX8
#afa269ff
CSS Name
Decimal
175162105

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Color info

Lightness
55%
Saturation
30%
Hue
49°
Chroma
31
Temperature
WarmCool
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