When Hazel Alcove through Balancing

#dbdb33 RGB(219,219,51)

About this color

When Hazel Alcove through Balancing occupies the medium, vivid end of the yellow spectrum, defined by its coordinates #dbdb33 — RGB(219, 219, 51).

#dbdb33RGB(219, 219, 51)

HSL 60° · 70% saturation · 53% 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 Hazel Alcove through Balancing
HEX
#dbdb33
RGB
rgb(219,219,51)
RGB%
rgb(85.9%,85.9%,20%)
HSL
hsl(60,70%,53%)
HSV
hsv(60,77%,86%)
CMYK
cmyk(0,0,77,14)
LAB
lab(85,-18,76)
LCH
lch(85,78,103)
sRGB
(0.859,0.859,0.2)
HEX8
#dbdb33ff
CSS Name
Decimal
219219051

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Color info

Lightness
53%
Saturation
70%
Hue
60°
Chroma
78
Temperature
WarmCool
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