Fixed Bluff beneath Bordering

#b9aa46 RGB(185,170,70)

About this color

Fixed Bluff beneath Bordering is rendered by screens as RGB(185, 170, 70) — a medium, moderate yellow hue.

#b9aa46RGB(185, 170, 70)

HSL 52° · 45% 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
Fixed Bluff beneath Bordering
HEX
#b9aa46
RGB
rgb(185,170,70)
RGB%
rgb(72.5%,66.7%,27.5%)
HSL
hsl(52,45%,50%)
HSV
hsv(52,62%,73%)
CMYK
cmyk(0,8,62,27)
LAB
lab(69,-7,52)
LCH
lch(69,52,98)
sRGB
(0.725,0.667,0.275)
HEX8
#b9aa46ff
CSS Name
Decimal
185170070

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Color info

Lightness
50%
Saturation
45%
Hue
52°
Chroma
52
Temperature
WarmCool
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