Abiding Basin until the Measuring

#ccba2a RGB(204,186,42)

About this color

Abiding Basin until the Measuring is rendered by screens as RGB(204, 186, 42) — a medium-dark, vivid yellow hue.

#ccba2aRGB(204, 186, 42)

HSL 53° · 66% saturation · 48% 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
Abiding Basin until the Measuring
HEX
#ccba2a
RGB
rgb(204,186,42)
RGB%
rgb(80%,72.9%,16.5%)
HSL
hsl(53,66%,48%)
HSV
hsv(53,79%,80%)
CMYK
cmyk(0,9,79,20)
LAB
lab(75,-8,69)
LCH
lch(75,69,97)
sRGB
(0.8,0.729,0.165)
HEX8
#ccba2aff
CSS Name
Decimal
204186042

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Color info

Lightness
48%
Saturation
66%
Hue
53°
Chroma
69
Temperature
WarmCool
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