Reasonable Bay from the Settling

#e5c40a RGB(229,196,10)

About this color

Reasonable Bay from the Settling reads as medium-dark and intense — a yellow tone recorded at #e5c40a, RGB(229, 196, 10).

#e5c40aRGB(229, 196, 10)

HSL 51° · 92% 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

At medium lightness, this yellow is flexible enough to serve 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

In terms of colour combinations, 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
Reasonable Bay from the Settling
HEX
#e5c40a
RGB
rgb(229,196,10)
RGB%
rgb(89.8%,76.9%,3.9%)
HSL
hsl(51,92%,47%)
HSV
hsv(51,96%,90%)
CMYK
cmyk(0,14,96,10)
LAB
lab(80,-3,80)
LCH
lch(80,80,92)
sRGB
(0.898,0.769,0.039)
HEX8
#e5c40aff
CSS Name
Decimal
229196010

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Color info

Lightness
47%
Saturation
92%
Hue
51°
Chroma
80
Temperature
WarmCool
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