Bronze Medal 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 | #929dbf |
| Complementary Color | #404a6d |
| Color Shade: | warm yellow (45.33° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 33.92% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Bronze Medal Color. The Green Moss 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 Reservation (#8c7544) for more energetic effect. Try Turned Leaf as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#404a6d is the best complementary color to Bronze Medal. 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 #6d6240 complementary color is Fiord, 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 Tobacco Brown are #6d4b40 and #616d40. Thus found on the left and right of #6d6240 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Kabul and Dingley colors as they work well with Bronze Medal.
The split-complementary Bronze Medal palette consists of #4b406d and #40616d colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#404a6d). Try Mulled Wine and William colors in combination with #6d6240, 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 #6d6240 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 Bronze Medal. Thus Voodoo and William giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Bronze Medal contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Fiord, Killarney, and Eggplant split by 90° on the color wheel. #6d6240 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. Bronze Medal tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#404a6d) 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 #406d62 and #6d404a.
In a RGB color space, hex #6d6240 is made of 40% red, 36% green and 24% blue. In a HSL mode Bronze Medal has a hue angle of 45.33°, a saturation of 26.01% and a lightness of 33.92%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #6d6240 is made of 0% cyan, 4.32% magenta, 17.65% yellow and 57.25% black ink.
| HEX | #6d6240 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(109,98,64) |
| RGB Percentage | 40%, 36%, 24% |
| CMYK | 0, 4.32, 17.65, 57.25 |
| HSL | hsl(45.33,26.01%,33.92%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(45.33,41.28%,42.75%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(41.7776,-1.0287,20.9564) |
| XYZ | xyz(11.5998,12.3567,6.6242) |