Moosewood 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 | #a2a8bb |
| Complementary Color | #44495d |
| Color Shade: | warm yellow (45.6° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 31.57% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Moosewood Color. The Sage Green Light color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a orange bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Conservation (#796e54) for more energetic effect. Try Pasilla Chiles as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#44495d is the best complementary color to Moosewood. 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 #5d5744 complementary color is River Bed, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of mid red, warm yellow, and cool yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Finch are #5d4a44 and #565d44. Thus found on the left and right of #5d5744 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Kabul and Finch colors as they work well with Moosewood.
The split-complementary Moosewood palette consists of #4a445d and #44565d colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#44495d). Try Mulled Wine and River Bed colors in combination with #5d5744, 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 #5d5744 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 Moosewood. Thus Mortar and Mineral Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Moosewood contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary River Bed, Gray Asparagus, and Eggplant split by 90° on the color wheel. #5d5744 square combo is a palette of warm yellow, mid 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. Moosewood tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#44495d) and two others. The Mineral Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Don Juan – 120° from the complementary River Bed. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #445d57 and #5d4449.
In a RGB color space, hex #5d5744 is made of 38% red, 35% green and 27% blue. In a HSL mode Moosewood has a hue angle of 45.6°, a saturation of 15.53% and a lightness of 31.57%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #5d5744 is made of 0% cyan, 2.35% magenta, 9.8% yellow and 63.53% black ink.
| HEX | #5d5744 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(93,87,68) |
| RGB Percentage | 38%, 35%, 27% |
| CMYK | 0, 2.35, 9.8, 63.53 |
| HSL | hsl(45.6,15.53%,31.57%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(45.6,26.88%,36.47%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(37.0425,-1.0241,11.9408) |
| XYZ | xyz(8.9658,9.5609,6.8417) |