When Dusty Arch onto Curing

#d9cf5e RGB(217,207,94)

About this color

When Dusty Arch onto Curing occupies the medium, vivid end of the yellow spectrum, defined by its coordinates #d9cf5e — RGB(217, 207, 94).

#d9cf5eRGB(217, 207, 94)

HSL 55° · 62% saturation · 61% 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 Dusty Arch onto Curing
HEX
#d9cf5e
RGB
rgb(217,207,94)
RGB%
rgb(85.1%,81.2%,36.9%)
HSL
hsl(55,62%,61%)
HSV
hsv(55,57%,85%)
CMYK
cmyk(0,5,57,15)
LAB
lab(82,-11,56)
LCH
lch(82,57,101)
sRGB
(0.851,0.812,0.369)
HEX8
#d9cf5eff
CSS Name
Decimal
217207094

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Color info

Lightness
61%
Saturation
62%
Hue
55°
Chroma
57
Temperature
WarmCool
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