The Border near Old-fashioned Pausing

#afaa92 RGB(175,170,146)

About this color

The Border near Old-fashioned Pausing is rendered by screens as RGB(175, 170, 146) — a medium, muted yellow hue.

#afaa92RGB(175, 170, 146)

HSL 50° · 15% saturation · 63% 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
The Border near Old-fashioned Pausing
HEX
#afaa92
RGB
rgb(175,170,146)
RGB%
rgb(68.6%,66.7%,57.3%)
HSL
hsl(50,15%,63%)
HSV
hsv(50,17%,69%)
CMYK
cmyk(0,3,17,31)
LAB
lab(69,-2,13)
LCH
lch(69,13,99)
sRGB
(0.686,0.667,0.573)
HEX8
#afaa92ff
CSS Name
Decimal
175170146

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Color info

Lightness
63%
Saturation
15%
Hue
50°
Chroma
13
Temperature
WarmCool
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