The Textured Alcove Inside Adjusting

#c5b53b RGB(197,181,59)

About this color

The Textured Alcove Inside Adjusting occupies the medium, vivid end of the yellow spectrum, defined by its coordinates #c5b53b — RGB(197, 181, 59).

#c5b53bRGB(197, 181, 59)

HSL 53° · 54% saturation · 50% 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 Textured Alcove Inside Adjusting
HEX
#c5b53b
RGB
rgb(197,181,59)
RGB%
rgb(77.3%,71%,23.1%)
HSL
hsl(53,54%,50%)
HSV
hsv(53,70%,77%)
CMYK
cmyk(0,8,70,23)
LAB
lab(73,-8,61)
LCH
lch(73,62,97)
sRGB
(0.773,0.71,0.231)
HEX8
#c5b53bff
CSS Name
Decimal
197181059

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Color info

Lightness
50%
Saturation
54%
Hue
53°
Chroma
62
Temperature
WarmCool
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