When Brooding Cavern down Grieving

#28291e RGB(40,41,30)

About this color

When Brooding Cavern down Grieving is rendered by screens as RGB(40, 41, 30) — a deep, muted yellow hue.

#28291eRGB(40, 41, 30)

HSL 65° · 15% saturation · 14% lightness

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Psychology

Dark yellows — ochres and golds — have carried associations of wealth, harvest, and endurance across centuries.

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History

Indian Yellow, a pigment used in Mughal miniature painting, was produced from the urine of mango-fed cows — an extraordinary material history hidden behind a simple hue.

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Design use

Practically speaking, this deep yellow is most at home as a background for light-coloured text, as a deep accent stripe, or as an anchoring tone in dark-mode interfaces. It pairs naturally with off-whites, warm creams, and metallic highlights.

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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
When Brooding Cavern down Grieving
HEX
#28291e
RGB
rgb(40,41,30)
RGB%
rgb(15.7%,16.1%,11.8%)
HSL
hsl(65,15%,14%)
HSV
hsv(65,27%,16%)
CMYK
cmyk(2,0,27,84)
LAB
lab(16,-3,7)
LCH
lch(16,8,113)
sRGB
(0.157,0.161,0.118)
HEX8
#28291eff
CSS Name
Decimal
040041030

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Color info

Lightness
14%
Saturation
15%
Hue
65°
Chroma
8
Temperature
WarmCool
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