The Thick Brook without Sowing

#fdea2b RGB(253,234,43)

About this color

The Thick Brook without Sowing is rendered by screens as RGB(253, 234, 43) — a medium, intense yellow hue.

#fdea2bRGB(253, 234, 43)

HSL 55° · 98% saturation · 58% 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 Categories

Color formats

Name
The Thick Brook without Sowing
HEX
#fdea2b
RGB
rgb(253,234,43)
RGB%
rgb(99.2%,91.8%,16.9%)
HSL
hsl(55,98%,58%)
HSV
hsv(55,83%,99%)
CMYK
cmyk(0,8,83,1)
LAB
lab(92,-12,85)
LCH
lch(92,86,98)
sRGB
(0.992,0.918,0.169)
HEX8
#fdea2bff
CSS Name
Decimal
253234043

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Color info

Lightness
58%
Saturation
98%
Hue
55°
Chroma
86
Temperature
WarmCool
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