Durable Bay underneath the Abiding

#dfaf11 RGB(223,175,17)

About this color

Durable Bay underneath the Abiding occupies the medium-dark, intense end of the yellow spectrum, defined by its coordinates #dfaf11 — RGB(223, 175, 17).

#dfaf11RGB(223, 175, 17)

HSL 46° · 86% saturation · 47% 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
Durable Bay underneath the Abiding
HEX
#dfaf11
RGB
rgb(223,175,17)
RGB%
rgb(87.5%,68.6%,6.7%)
HSL
hsl(46,86%,47%)
HSV
hsv(46,92%,87%)
CMYK
cmyk(0,22,92,13)
LAB
lab(74,5,74)
LCH
lch(74,74,86)
sRGB
(0.875,0.686,0.067)
HEX8
#dfaf11ff
CSS Name
Decimal
223175017

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Color info

Lightness
47%
Saturation
86%
Hue
46°
Chroma
74
Temperature
WarmCool
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