The Practical Brook in Arching

#ebcf5b RGB(235,207,91)

About this color

The Practical Brook in Arching is rendered by screens as RGB(235, 207, 91) — a medium, intense yellow hue.

#ebcf5bRGB(235, 207, 91)

HSL 48° · 78% saturation · 64% 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
The Practical Brook in Arching
HEX
#ebcf5b
RGB
rgb(235,207,91)
RGB%
rgb(92.2%,81.2%,35.7%)
HSL
hsl(48,78%,64%)
HSV
hsv(48,61%,92%)
CMYK
cmyk(0,12,61,8)
LAB
lab(83,-4,60)
LCH
lch(83,60,94)
sRGB
(0.922,0.812,0.357)
HEX8
#ebcf5bff
CSS Name
Decimal
235207091

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Color info

Lightness
64%
Saturation
78%
Hue
48°
Chroma
60
Temperature
WarmCool
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