The Hardy Border before Girding

#babd6b RGB(186,189,107)

About this color

The Hardy Border before Girding is rendered by screens as RGB(186, 189, 107) — a medium, moderate yellow hue.

#babd6bRGB(186, 189, 107)

HSL 62° · 38% saturation · 58% 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
The Hardy Border before Girding
HEX
#babd6b
RGB
rgb(186,189,107)
RGB%
rgb(72.9%,74.1%,42%)
HSL
hsl(62,38%,58%)
HSV
hsv(62,43%,74%)
CMYK
cmyk(2,0,43,26)
LAB
lab(75,-13,41)
LCH
lch(75,43,108)
sRGB
(0.729,0.741,0.42)
HEX8
#babd6bff
CSS Name
Decimal
186189107

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Color info

Lightness
58%
Saturation
38%
Hue
62°
Chroma
43
Temperature
WarmCool
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