Spruce Woods 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 | #9195ae |
| Complementary Color | #51556e |
| Color Shade: | warm yellow (51.72° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 37.45% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Spruce Woods Color. The Olive Paste color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a orange bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Panda (#544f3a) for more energetic effect. Try Grime as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#51556e is the best complementary color to Spruce Woods. 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 #6e6a51 complementary color is Comet, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of warm red, warm yellow, and cool yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Peat are #6e5b51 and #636e51. Thus found on the left and right of #6e6a51 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Pine Cone and Siam colors as they work well with Spruce Woods.
The split-complementary Spruce Woods palette consists of #5b516e and #51636e colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#51556e). Try Smoky and Shuttle Gray colors in combination with #6e6a51, 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 #6e6a51 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 Spruce Woods. Thus Salt Box and Cutty Sark giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Spruce Woods contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Comet, Finlandia, and Zambezi split by 90° on the color wheel. #6e6a51 square combo is a palette of warm yellow, cool 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. Spruce Woods tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#51556e) and two others. The Cutty Sark is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Ferra – 120° from the complementary Comet. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #516e6a and #6e5154.
In a RGB color space, hex #6e6a51 is made of 37% red, 36% green and 27% blue. In a HSL mode Spruce Woods has a hue angle of 51.72°, a saturation of 15.18% and a lightness of 37.45%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #6e6a51 is made of 0% cyan, 1.57% magenta, 11.38% yellow and 56.86% black ink.
| HEX | #6e6a51 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(110,106,81) |
| RGB Percentage | 37%, 36%, 27% |
| CMYK | 0, 1.57, 11.38, 56.86 |
| HSL | hsl(51.72,15.18%,37.45%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(51.72,26.36%,43.14%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(44.5427,-2.8856,14.6328) |
| XYZ | xyz(13.0696,14.2171,9.8399) |