Willow Grove is pale, warm-toned shade of cool yellow. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm blue, cool red or cool cyan
| Inverse Color | #968aa3 |
| Complementary Color | #685b75 |
| Color Shade: | cool yellow (88.8° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 40.98% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Willow Grove Color. The River Forest color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid yellow bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Nottingham Forest (#585d4e) for more calm effect. Try Green McQuarrie as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#685b75 is the best complementary color to Willow Grove. Warm blue shades generally complement the cool yellow hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #69755c complementary color is Salt Box, 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 Willow Grove are #75745b and #5c755b. Thus found on the left and right of #69755c on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Crocodile and Cactus colors as they work well with Willow Grove.
The split-complementary Willow Grove palette consists of #745b75 and #5b5c75 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#685b75). Try Salt Box and Comet colors in combination with #69755c, 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 #69755c 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 Willow Grove. Thus Falcon and Shuttle Gray giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Willow Grove contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Salt Box, Cutty Sark, and Russett split by 90° on the color wheel. #69755c square combo is a palette of cool yellow, warm cyan, warm 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. Willow Grove tetradic combo consists of warm blue complementary color (#685b75) and two others. The Shuttle Gray is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Coffee – 120° from the complementary Salt Box. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #5b6875 and #75685b.
In a RGB color space, hex #69755c is made of 33% red, 37% green and 29% blue. In a HSL mode Willow Grove has a hue angle of 88.8°, a saturation of 11.96% and a lightness of 40.98%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #69755c is made of 4.7% cyan, 0% magenta, 9.8% yellow and 54.12% black ink.
| HEX | #69755c |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(105,117,92) |
| RGB Percentage | 33%, 37%, 29% |
| CMYK | 4.7, 0, 9.8, 54.12 |
| HSL | hsl(88.8,11.96%,40.98%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(88.8,21.37%,45.88%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(47.6219,-9.4294,12.3201) |
| XYZ | xyz(14.1188,16.4985,12.5656) |