When Forged Bog alongside Building

#afab23 RGB(175,171,35)

About this color

When Forged Bog alongside Building occupies the medium-dark, vivid end of the yellow spectrum, defined by its coordinates #afab23 — RGB(175, 171, 35).

#afab23RGB(175, 171, 35)

HSL 58° · 67% saturation · 41% 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
When Forged Bog alongside Building
HEX
#afab23
RGB
rgb(175,171,35)
RGB%
rgb(68.6%,67.1%,13.7%)
HSL
hsl(58,67%,41%)
HSV
hsv(58,80%,69%)
CMYK
cmyk(0,2,80,31)
LAB
lab(68,-14,64)
LCH
lch(68,66,102)
sRGB
(0.686,0.671,0.137)
HEX8
#afab23ff
CSS Name
Decimal
175171035

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Color info

Lightness
41%
Saturation
67%
Hue
58°
Chroma
66
Temperature
WarmCool
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