Placid Border circa Sowing

#d0e21c RGB(208,226,28)

About this color

Placid Border circa Sowing occupies the medium, intense end of the yellow spectrum, defined by its coordinates #d0e21c — RGB(208, 226, 28).

#d0e21cRGB(208, 226, 28)

HSL 65° · 78% 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
Placid Border circa Sowing
HEX
#d0e21c
RGB
rgb(208,226,28)
RGB%
rgb(81.6%,88.6%,11%)
HSL
hsl(65,78%,50%)
HSV
hsv(65,88%,89%)
CMYK
cmyk(8,0,88,11)
LAB
lab(86,-27,82)
LCH
lch(86,86,108)
sRGB
(0.816,0.886,0.11)
HEX8
#d0e21cff
CSS Name
Decimal
208226028

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Color info

Lightness
50%
Saturation
78%
Hue
65°
Chroma
86
Temperature
WarmCool
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