What the Cape upon Amber Returning

#b0bc49 RGB(176,188,73)

About this color

What the Cape upon Amber Returning is rendered by screens as RGB(176, 188, 73) — a medium, moderate yellow hue.

#b0bc49RGB(176, 188, 73)

HSL 66° · 46% saturation · 51% 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 Categories

Color formats

Name
What the Cape upon Amber Returning
HEX
#b0bc49
RGB
rgb(176,188,73)
RGB%
rgb(69%,73.7%,28.6%)
HSL
hsl(66,46%,51%)
HSV
hsv(66,61%,74%)
CMYK
cmyk(6,0,61,26)
LAB
lab(73,-20,55)
LCH
lch(73,59,110)
sRGB
(0.69,0.737,0.286)
HEX8
#b0bc49ff
CSS Name
Decimal
176188073

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Color info

Lightness
51%
Saturation
46%
Hue
66°
Chroma
59
Temperature
WarmCool
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