What the Solid Brook circa Distilling

#c2aa0f RGB(194,170,15)

About this color

What the Solid Brook circa Distilling occupies the medium-dark, intense end of the yellow spectrum, defined by its coordinates #c2aa0f — RGB(194, 170, 15).

#c2aa0fRGB(194, 170, 15)

HSL 52° · 86% saturation · 41% 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
What the Solid Brook circa Distilling
HEX
#c2aa0f
RGB
rgb(194,170,15)
RGB%
rgb(76.1%,66.7%,5.9%)
HSL
hsl(52,86%,41%)
HSV
hsv(52,92%,76%)
CMYK
cmyk(0,12,92,24)
LAB
lab(70,-5,70)
LCH
lch(70,70,94)
sRGB
(0.761,0.667,0.059)
HEX8
#c2aa0fff
CSS Name
Decimal
194170015

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Color info

Lightness
41%
Saturation
86%
Hue
52°
Chroma
70
Temperature
WarmCool
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