When Early Alabaster until Aerating

#ffff4e RGB(255,255,78)

About this color

When Early Alabaster until Aerating presents itself as a light, intense yellow shade, sitting at #ffff4e in the 24-bit RGB space.

#ffff4eRGB(255, 255, 78)

HSL 60° · 100% saturation · 65% 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
When Early Alabaster until Aerating
HEX
#ffff4e
RGB
rgb(255,255,78)
RGB%
rgb(100%,100%,30.6%)
HSL
hsl(60,100%,65%)
HSV
hsv(60,69%,100%)
CMYK
cmyk(0,0,69,0)
LAB
lab(97,-20,80)
LCH
lch(97,82,104)
sRGB
(1,1,0.306)
HEX8
#ffff4eff
CSS Name
Decimal
255255078

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Color info

Lightness
65%
Saturation
100%
Hue
60°
Chroma
82
Temperature
WarmCool
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