What Amber-toned Brook upon Changing

#c7b814 RGB(199,184,20)

About this color

What Amber-toned Brook upon Changing occupies the medium-dark, intense end of the yellow spectrum, defined by its coordinates #c7b814 — RGB(199, 184, 20).

#c7b814RGB(199, 184, 20)

HSL 55° · 82% saturation · 43% 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 Amber-toned Brook upon Changing
HEX
#c7b814
RGB
rgb(199,184,20)
RGB%
rgb(78%,72.2%,7.8%)
HSL
hsl(55,82%,43%)
HSV
hsv(55,90%,78%)
CMYK
cmyk(0,8,90,22)
LAB
lab(74,-10,73)
LCH
lch(74,74,98)
sRGB
(0.78,0.722,0.078)
HEX8
#c7b814ff
CSS Name
Decimal
199184020

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Color info

Lightness
43%
Saturation
82%
Hue
55°
Chroma
74
Temperature
WarmCool
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