Duck Willow Color

#6a695a

Duck Willow 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 #9596a5
Complementary Color #595b6a
Color Shade: warm yellow (56.25° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 38.43% (better contrasting with white)
Duck Willow Color Sample
Duck Willow Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #6a695a

If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Duck Willow Color. The Ivy Garden color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a orange bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Fieldstone (#807e77) for more calm effect. Try Not My Fault as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#595b6a is the best complementary color to Duck Willow. 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 #6a695a complementary color is Mid Gray, 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 Kokoda are #6a6159 and #636a59. Thus found on the left and right of #6a695a on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Pine Cone and Siam colors as they work well with Duck Willow.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Duck Willow palette consists of #61596a and #59636a colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#595b6a). Try Salt Box and Shuttle Gray colors in combination with #6a695a, 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 #6a695a 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 Duck Willow. Thus Salt Box and Corduroy giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Duck Willow contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Mid Gray, Corduroy, and Scorpion split by 90° on the color wheel. #6a695a 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. Duck Willow tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#595b6a) and two others. The Corduroy is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Zambezi – 120° from the complementary Mid Gray. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #596a69 and #6a595b.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #6a695a is made of 35% red, 35% green and 30% blue. In a HSL mode Duck Willow has a hue angle of 56.25°, a saturation of 8.16% and a lightness of 38.43%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #6a695a is made of 0% cyan, 0.39% magenta, 6.28% yellow and 58.43% black ink.

HEX #6a695a
RGB Decimal rgb(106,105,90)
RGB Percentage 35%, 35%, 30%
CMYK 0, 0.39, 6.28, 58.43
HSL hsl(56.25,8.16%,38.43%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(56.25,15.09%,41.57%)
CIE-LAB lab(44.0971,-2.4793,8.5861)
XYZ xyz(12.8409,13.9055,11.6801)
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