Up in Smoke Color

#6e706d

Up in Smoke is pale, warm-toned shade of yellow green. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm blue, mid red or blue cyan

Inverse Color #918f92
Complementary Color #6e6d70
Color Shade: yellow green (100° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 43.33% (better contrasting with white)
Up in Smoke Color Sample
Up in Smoke Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #6e706d

If you're looking for a similar yellow green shade, there are some better alternatives to Up in Smoke Color. The Bracken Green color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a cool yellow bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Village Green (#7e867c) for more energetic effect. Try North Woods as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#6e6d70 is the best complementary color to Up in Smoke. Warm blue shades generally complement the yellow green hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #6e706d complementary color is Salt Box, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool yellow, yellow green, and warm green colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Willow Grove are #6f706d and #6d706d. Thus found on the left and right of #6e706d on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Storm Dust and Xanadu colors as they work well with Up in Smoke.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Up in Smoke palette consists of #706d6f and #6d6d70 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#6e6d70). Try Fedora and Mid Gray colors in combination with #6e706d, 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 #6e706d offers a combination of red magenta and blue cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Up in Smoke. Thus Dove Gray and Nevada giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Up in Smoke contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Salt Box, Nevada, and Dove Gray split by 90° on the color wheel. #6e706d square combo is a palette of yellow green, cool cyan, warm blue and mid red 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. Up in Smoke tetradic combo consists of warm blue complementary color (#6e6d70) and two others. The Nevada is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Dove Gray – 120° from the complementary Salt Box. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #6d6e70 and #706e6d.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #6e706d is made of 33% red, 34% green and 33% blue. In a HSL mode Up in Smoke has a hue angle of 100°, a saturation of 1.36% and a lightness of 43.33%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #6e706d is made of 0.78% cyan, 0% magenta, 1.17% yellow and 56.08% black ink.

HEX #6e706d
RGB Decimal rgb(110,112,109)
RGB Percentage 33%, 34%, 33%
CMYK 0.78, 0, 1.17, 56.08
HSL hsl(100,1.36%,43.33%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(100,2.68%,43.92%)
CIE-LAB lab(46.9843,-1.3733,1.3915)
XYZ xyz(14.9849,16.0075,16.768)
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