When the Intact Brook among Arching

#c9ac08 RGB(201,172,8)

About this color

When the Intact Brook among Arching is rendered by screens as RGB(201, 172, 8) — a medium-dark, intense yellow hue.

#c9ac08RGB(201, 172, 8)

HSL 51° · 92% 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
When the Intact Brook among Arching
HEX
#c9ac08
RGB
rgb(201,172,8)
RGB%
rgb(78.8%,67.5%,3.1%)
HSL
hsl(51,92%,41%)
HSV
hsv(51,96%,79%)
CMYK
cmyk(0,14,96,21)
LAB
lab(71,-3,72)
LCH
lch(71,72,92)
sRGB
(0.788,0.675,0.031)
HEX8
#c9ac08ff
CSS Name
Decimal
201172008

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Color info

Lightness
41%
Saturation
92%
Hue
51°
Chroma
72
Temperature
WarmCool
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