The Brook before Slow Damming

#afb34d RGB(175,179,77)

About this color

The Brook before Slow Damming occupies the medium, moderate end of the yellow spectrum, defined by its coordinates #afb34d — RGB(175, 179, 77).

#afb34dRGB(175, 179, 77)

HSL 62° · 40% saturation · 50% 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 Brook before Slow Damming
HEX
#afb34d
RGB
rgb(175,179,77)
RGB%
rgb(68.6%,70.2%,30.2%)
HSL
hsl(62,40%,50%)
HSV
hsv(62,57%,70%)
CMYK
cmyk(2,0,57,30)
LAB
lab(71,-15,51)
LCH
lch(71,53,106)
sRGB
(0.686,0.702,0.302)
HEX8
#afb34dff
CSS Name
Decimal
175179077

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Color info

Lightness
50%
Saturation
40%
Hue
62°
Chroma
53
Temperature
WarmCool
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