Measured Bay circa Pausing

#bab48c RGB(186,180,140)

About this color

Measured Bay circa Pausing is rendered by screens as RGB(186, 180, 140) — a medium, moderate yellow hue.

#bab48cRGB(186, 180, 140)

HSL 52° · 25% saturation · 64% 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
Measured Bay circa Pausing
HEX
#bab48c
RGB
rgb(186,180,140)
RGB%
rgb(72.9%,70.6%,54.9%)
HSL
hsl(52,25%,64%)
HSV
hsv(52,25%,73%)
CMYK
cmyk(0,3,25,27)
LAB
lab(73,-4,21)
LCH
lch(73,21,101)
sRGB
(0.729,0.706,0.549)
HEX8
#bab48cff
CSS Name
Decimal
186180140

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Color info

Lightness
64%
Saturation
25%
Hue
52°
Chroma
21
Temperature
WarmCool
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