Sooty Willow Bamboo is pale, warm-toned shade of warm yellow. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool blue, warm magenta or warm cyan
| Inverse Color | #b2b4c5 |
| Complementary Color | #393b4d |
| Color Shade: | warm yellow (53.68° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 26.47% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Sooty Willow Bamboo Color. The Incense Cedar color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a orange bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Deer Trail (#6a634c) for more energetic effect. Try Fjord as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#393b4d is the best complementary color to Sooty Willow Bamboo. 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 #4d4b3a complementary color is Bright Gray, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of warm red, warm yellow, and cool yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Kelp are #4d4139 and #454d39. Thus found on the left and right of #4d4b3a on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Taupe and Kelp colors as they work well with Sooty Willow Bamboo.
The split-complementary Sooty Willow Bamboo palette consists of #41394d and #39454d colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#393b4d). Try Ship Gray and Limed Spruce colors in combination with #4d4b3a, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.
The triadic palette of #4d4b3a offers a combination of cool magenta and warm cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Sooty Willow Bamboo. Thus Mortar and Limed Spruce giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Sooty Willow Bamboo contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Bright Gray, Lunar Green, and Matterhorn split by 90° on the color wheel. #4d4b3a square combo is a palette of warm yellow, cool green, cool blue and warm magenta shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Sooty Willow Bamboo tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#393b4d) and two others. The Limed Spruce is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Matterhorn – 120° from the complementary Bright Gray. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #394d4b and #4d393b.
In a RGB color space, hex #4d4b3a is made of 37% red, 36% green and 28% blue. In a HSL mode Sooty Willow Bamboo has a hue angle of 53.68°, a saturation of 14.07% and a lightness of 26.47%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #4d4b3a is made of 0% cyan, 0.79% magenta, 7.45% yellow and 69.8% black ink.
| HEX | #4d4b3a |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(77,75,58) |
| RGB Percentage | 37%, 36%, 28% |
| CMYK | 0, 0.79, 7.45, 69.8 |
| HSL | hsl(53.68,14.07%,26.47%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(53.68,24.68%,30.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(31.6136,-2.4493,10.4553) |
| XYZ | xyz(6.3404,6.9154,5.0036) |