When the Humble Border alongside Standing

#b2a928 RGB(178,169,40)

About this color

When the Humble Border alongside Standing is rendered by screens as RGB(178, 169, 40) — a medium-dark, vivid yellow hue.

#b2a928RGB(178, 169, 40)

HSL 56° · 63% saturation · 43% 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 the Humble Border alongside Standing
HEX
#b2a928
RGB
rgb(178,169,40)
RGB%
rgb(69.8%,66.3%,15.7%)
HSL
hsl(56,63%,43%)
HSV
hsv(56,78%,70%)
CMYK
cmyk(0,5,78,30)
LAB
lab(68,-11,62)
LCH
lch(68,63,100)
sRGB
(0.698,0.663,0.157)
HEX8
#b2a928ff
CSS Name
Decimal
178169040

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Color info

Lightness
43%
Saturation
63%
Hue
56°
Chroma
63
Temperature
WarmCool
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