Ingrained Bay into Grading

#afca0c RGB(175,202,12)

About this color

Ingrained Bay into Grading is rendered by screens as RGB(175, 202, 12) — a medium-dark, intense yellow hue.

#afca0cRGB(175, 202, 12)

HSL 69° · 89% saturation · 42% 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
Ingrained Bay into Grading
HEX
#afca0c
RGB
rgb(175,202,12)
RGB%
rgb(68.6%,79.2%,4.7%)
HSL
hsl(69,89%,42%)
HSV
hsv(69,94%,79%)
CMYK
cmyk(13,0,94,21)
LAB
lab(77,-29,76)
LCH
lch(77,81,111)
sRGB
(0.686,0.792,0.047)
HEX8
#afca0cff
CSS Name
Decimal
175202012

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Color info

Lightness
42%
Saturation
89%
Hue
69°
Chroma
81
Temperature
WarmCool
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