The Border beyond Blended Ripening

#c9d832 RGB(201,216,50)

About this color

The Border beyond Blended Ripening presents itself as a medium, vivid yellow shade, sitting at #c9d832 in the 24-bit RGB space.

#c9d832RGB(201, 216, 50)

HSL 65° · 68% saturation · 52% 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 Categories

Color formats

Name
The Border beyond Blended Ripening
HEX
#c9d832
RGB
rgb(201,216,50)
RGB%
rgb(78.8%,84.7%,19.6%)
HSL
hsl(65,68%,52%)
HSV
hsv(65,77%,85%)
CMYK
cmyk(7,0,77,15)
LAB
lab(83,-24,74)
LCH
lch(83,78,108)
sRGB
(0.788,0.847,0.196)
HEX8
#c9d832ff
CSS Name
Decimal
201216050

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Color info

Lightness
52%
Saturation
68%
Hue
65°
Chroma
78
Temperature
WarmCool
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