Black Mesa Color

#222211

Black Mesa is pale, warm-toned shade of warm yellow. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool blue, red magenta or mid cyan

Inverse Color #dde
Complementary Color #112
Color Shade: warm yellow (60° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 10% (better contrasting with white)
Black Mesa Color Sample
Black Mesa Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #222211

If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Black Mesa Color.

Complementary Palette

#112 is the best complementary color to Black Mesa. Cool blue shades generally complement the warm yellow hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #221 complementary color is White, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm red, warm yellow, and yellow green colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of White are #221911 and #192211. Thus found on the left and right of #221 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Oil and Hunter Green colors as they work well with Black Mesa.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Black Mesa palette consists of #191122 and #111922 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#112). Try Revolver and Mirage colors in combination with #221, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.

Triadic Palette

The triadic palette of #221 offers a combination of mid magenta and mid cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Black Mesa. Thus Gondola and Aztec giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Black Mesa contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary White, Racing Green, and Gondola split by 90° on the color wheel. #221 square combo is a palette of warm yellow, cool green, cool blue and red magenta shades that work together well.

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Black Mesa tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#112) and two others. The Aztec is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and White – 120° from the complementary White. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #112122 and #211.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #222211 is made of 40% red, 40% green and 20% blue. In a HSL mode Black Mesa has a hue angle of 60°, a saturation of 33.33% and a lightness of 10%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #222211 is made of 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 6.66% yellow and 86.67% black ink.

HEX #222211
RGB Decimal rgb(34,34,17)
RGB Percentage 40%, 40%, 20%
CMYK 0, 0, 6.66, 86.67
HSL hsl(60,33.33%,10%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(60,50%,13.33%)
CIE-LAB lab(12.7636,-3.4067,11.2166)
XYZ xyz(1.3329,1.5246,0.7543)
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