Fuscous Grey Color

#54534d

Fuscous Grey 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 #abacb2
Complementary Color #4d4d54
Color Shade: warm yellow (51.43° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 31.57% (better contrasting with white)
Fuscous Grey Color Sample
Fuscous Grey Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #54534d

If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Fuscous Grey Color. The Thunderous 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 Bronze Fig (#6e6654) for more energetic effect. Try River God as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#4d4d54 is the best complementary color to Fuscous Grey. 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 #54534d complementary color is Abbey, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm red, warm yellow, and cool yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Fuscous Gray are #544f4d and #51544d. Thus found on the left and right of #54534d on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Fuscous Gray and Fuscous Gray colors as they work well with Fuscous Grey.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Fuscous Grey palette consists of #4f4d54 and #4d5154 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#4d4d54). Try Scarpa Flow and Abbey colors in combination with #54534d, 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 #54534d offers a combination of violet and warm cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Fuscous Grey. Thus Gravel and Cape Cod giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Fuscous Grey contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Abbey, Nandor, and Emperor split by 90° on the color wheel. #54534d square combo is a palette of warm yellow, cool green, cool blue and warm 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. Fuscous Grey tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#4d4d54) and two others. The Cape Cod is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Emperor – 120° from the complementary Abbey. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #4d5453 and #544d4d.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #54534d is made of 34% red, 34% green and 32% blue. In a HSL mode Fuscous Grey has a hue angle of 51.43°, a saturation of 4.35% and a lightness of 31.57%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #54534d is made of 0% cyan, 0.39% magenta, 2.74% yellow and 67.06% black ink.

HEX #54534d
RGB Decimal rgb(84,83,77)
RGB Percentage 34%, 34%, 32%
CMYK 0, 0.39, 2.74, 67.06
HSL hsl(51.43,4.35%,31.57%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(51.43,8.33%,32.94%)
CIE-LAB lab(35.2166,-0.8295,3.6527)
XYZ xyz(8.089,8.6072,8.2562)
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