Practical Border Since the Delineating

#b9cb1a RGB(185,203,26)

About this color

Practical Border Since the Delineating is rendered by screens as RGB(185, 203, 26) — a medium-dark, intense yellow hue.

#b9cb1aRGB(185, 203, 26)

HSL 66° · 77% saturation · 45% 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
Practical Border Since the Delineating
HEX
#b9cb1a
RGB
rgb(185,203,26)
RGB%
rgb(72.5%,79.6%,10.2%)
HSL
hsl(66,77%,45%)
HSV
hsv(66,87%,80%)
CMYK
cmyk(9,0,87,20)
LAB
lab(78,-25,75)
LCH
lch(78,79,108)
sRGB
(0.725,0.796,0.102)
HEX8
#b9cb1aff
CSS Name
Decimal
185203026

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Color info

Lightness
45%
Saturation
77%
Hue
66°
Chroma
79
Temperature
WarmCool
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