When Practical Basin under Inscribing

#b9b823 RGB(185,184,35)

About this color

When Practical Basin under Inscribing is rendered by screens as RGB(185, 184, 35) — a medium-dark, vivid yellow hue.

#b9b823RGB(185, 184, 35)

HSL 60° · 68% 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 Practical Basin under Inscribing
HEX
#b9b823
RGB
rgb(185,184,35)
RGB%
rgb(72.5%,72.2%,13.7%)
HSL
hsl(60,68%,43%)
HSV
hsv(60,81%,73%)
CMYK
cmyk(0,1,81,27)
LAB
lab(73,-16,68)
LCH
lch(73,70,103)
sRGB
(0.725,0.722,0.137)
HEX8
#b9b823ff
CSS Name
Decimal
185184035

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Color info

Lightness
43%
Saturation
68%
Hue
60°
Chroma
70
Temperature
WarmCool
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