When Resolute Brook until Pausing

#aaa993 RGB(170,169,147)

About this color

When Resolute Brook until Pausing presents itself as a medium, muted yellow shade, sitting at #aaa993 in the 24-bit RGB space.

#aaa993RGB(170, 169, 147)

HSL 57° · 12% saturation · 62% 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

At medium lightness, this yellow is flexible enough to serve 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

In terms of colour combinations, 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
When Resolute Brook until Pausing
HEX
#aaa993
RGB
rgb(170,169,147)
RGB%
rgb(66.7%,66.3%,57.6%)
HSL
hsl(57,12%,62%)
HSV
hsv(57,14%,67%)
CMYK
cmyk(0,1,14,33)
LAB
lab(69,-4,11)
LCH
lch(69,12,110)
sRGB
(0.667,0.663,0.576)
HEX8
#aaa993ff
CSS Name
Decimal
170169147

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Color info

Lightness
62%
Saturation
12%
Hue
57°
Chroma
12
Temperature
WarmCool
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