Practical Bay opposite Knotting

#bda966 RGB(189,169,102)

About this color

Practical Bay opposite Knotting is rendered by screens as RGB(189, 169, 102) — a medium, moderate yellow hue.

#bda966RGB(189, 169, 102)

HSL 46° · 40% saturation · 57% 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
Practical Bay opposite Knotting
HEX
#bda966
RGB
rgb(189,169,102)
RGB%
rgb(74.1%,66.3%,40%)
HSL
hsl(46,40%,57%)
HSV
hsv(46,46%,74%)
CMYK
cmyk(0,11,46,26)
LAB
lab(70,-2,37)
LCH
lch(70,37,93)
sRGB
(0.741,0.663,0.4)
HEX8
#bda966ff
CSS Name
Decimal
189169102

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Color info

Lightness
57%
Saturation
40%
Hue
46°
Chroma
37
Temperature
WarmCool
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