When the Rough Basin circa Crafting

#c3bb48 RGB(195,187,72)

About this color

When the Rough Basin circa Crafting occupies the medium, vivid end of the yellow spectrum, defined by its coordinates #c3bb48 — RGB(195, 187, 72).

#c3bb48RGB(195, 187, 72)

HSL 56° · 51% saturation · 52% 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 the Rough Basin circa Crafting
HEX
#c3bb48
RGB
rgb(195,187,72)
RGB%
rgb(76.5%,73.3%,28.2%)
HSL
hsl(56,51%,52%)
HSV
hsv(56,63%,76%)
CMYK
cmyk(0,4,63,24)
LAB
lab(75,-11,57)
LCH
lch(75,58,101)
sRGB
(0.765,0.733,0.282)
HEX8
#c3bb48ff
CSS Name
Decimal
195187072

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Color info

Lightness
52%
Saturation
51%
Hue
56°
Chroma
58
Temperature
WarmCool
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