The Shaped Border beneath Bracing

#ffcc00 RGB(255,204,0)

About this color

The Shaped Border beneath Bracing is rendered by screens as RGB(255, 204, 0) — a medium, intense yellow hue.

#ffcc00RGB(255, 204, 0)

HSL 48° · 100% saturation · 50% 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 Shaped Border beneath Bracing
HEX
#ffcc00
RGB
rgb(255,204,0)
RGB%
rgb(100%,80%,0%)
HSL
hsl(48,100%,50%)
HSV
hsv(48,100%,100%)
CMYK
cmyk(0,20,100,0)
LAB
lab(84,4,85)
LCH
lch(84,85,87)
sRGB
(1,0.8,0)
HEX8
#ffcc00ff
CSS Name
Decimal
255204000

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Color info

Lightness
50%
Saturation
100%
Hue
48°
Chroma
85
Temperature
WarmCool
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