Ocean Weed Color

#6c6541

Ocean Weed 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 #939abe
Complementary Color #41476c
Color Shade: warm yellow (50.23° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 33.92% (better contrasting with white)
Ocean Weed Color Sample
Ocean Weed Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #6c6541

If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Ocean Weed Color. The Panda color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a orange bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Codium Fragile (#524b2a) for more energetic effect. Try Tǔ Hēi Black as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#41476c is the best complementary color to Ocean Weed. 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 #6c6541 complementary color is Fiord, 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 Tobacco Brown are #6c4f41 and #5d6c41. Thus found on the left and right of #6c6541 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Tobacco Brown and Dingley colors as they work well with Ocean Weed.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Ocean Weed palette consists of #4f416c and #415d6c colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#41476c). Try Mulled Wine and Fiord colors in combination with #6c6541, 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 #6c6541 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 Ocean Weed. Thus Voodoo and William giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Ocean Weed contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Fiord, Killarney, and Eggplant split by 90° on the color wheel. #6c6541 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. Ocean Weed tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#41476c) and two others. The William is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Eggplant – 120° from the complementary Fiord. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #416c65 and #6c4147.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #6c6541 is made of 39% red, 37% green and 24% blue. In a HSL mode Ocean Weed has a hue angle of 50.23°, a saturation of 24.86% and a lightness of 33.92%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #6c6541 is made of 0% cyan, 2.74% magenta, 16.86% yellow and 57.65% black ink.

HEX #6c6541
RGB Decimal rgb(108,101,65)
RGB Percentage 39%, 37%, 24%
CMYK 0, 2.74, 16.86, 57.65
HSL hsl(50.23,24.86%,33.92%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(50.23,39.81%,42.35%)
CIE-LAB lab(42.5776,-3.1134,21.3937)
XYZ xyz(11.7922,12.8772,6.8651)
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