When the Solid Bog behind Cooling

#b4a238 RGB(180,162,56)

About this color

When the Solid Bog behind Cooling is rendered by screens as RGB(180, 162, 56) — a medium-dark, vivid yellow hue.

#b4a238RGB(180, 162, 56)

HSL 51° · 53% saturation · 46% 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 Solid Bog behind Cooling
HEX
#b4a238
RGB
rgb(180,162,56)
RGB%
rgb(70.6%,63.5%,22%)
HSL
hsl(51,53%,46%)
HSV
hsv(51,69%,71%)
CMYK
cmyk(0,10,69,29)
LAB
lab(66,-6,55)
LCH
lch(66,55,96)
sRGB
(0.706,0.635,0.22)
HEX8
#b4a238ff
CSS Name
Decimal
180162056

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Color info

Lightness
46%
Saturation
53%
Hue
51°
Chroma
55
Temperature
WarmCool
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