Castle Stone is pale, warm-toned shade of cool yellow. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with mid blue, cool red or cool cyan
| Inverse Color | #ada8b9 |
| Complementary Color | #4a4657 |
| Color Shade: | cool yellow (77.65° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 30.78% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Castle Stone Color. The Iwai Brown color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid yellow bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Laurel Garland (#68705c) for more calm effect. Try Global Green as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#4a4657 is the best complementary color to Castle Stone. Mid blue shades generally complement the cool yellow hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #525746 complementary color is Gun Powder, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of warm yellow, cool yellow, and warm green colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Finch are #575346 and #495746. Thus found on the left and right of #525746 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Fuscous Gray and Gray Asparagus colors as they work well with Castle Stone.
The split-complementary Castle Stone palette consists of #534657 and #464957 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#4a4657). Try Mortar and Mako colors in combination with #525746, 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 #525746 offers a combination of warm magenta and cool cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Castle Stone. Thus Don Juan and River Bed giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Castle Stone contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Gun Powder, Nandor, and Emperor split by 90° on the color wheel. #525746 square combo is a palette of cool yellow, warm cyan, mid blue and cool red shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Castle Stone tetradic combo consists of mid blue complementary color (#4a4657) and two others. The River Bed is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Emperor – 120° from the complementary Gun Powder. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #465257 and #574b46.
In a RGB color space, hex #525746 is made of 34% red, 36% green and 29% blue. In a HSL mode Castle Stone has a hue angle of 77.65°, a saturation of 10.83% and a lightness of 30.78%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #525746 is made of 1.96% cyan, 0% magenta, 6.67% yellow and 65.88% black ink.
| HEX | #525746 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(82,87,70) |
| RGB Percentage | 34%, 36%, 29% |
| CMYK | 1.96, 0, 6.67, 65.88 |
| HSL | hsl(77.65,10.83%,30.78%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(77.65,19.54%,34.12%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(36.085,-5.4425,9.2249) |
| XYZ | xyz(7.9934,9.0524,7.1203) |