Welded Iron 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 | #909092 |
| Complementary Color | #6d6d6f |
| Color Shade: | warm yellow (60° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 43.14% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Welded Iron Color. The Bridge Troll Grey 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 Jumbo (#878785) for more calm effect. Try Lunar Base as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#6d6d6f is the best complementary color to Welded Iron. 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 #6f6f6d complementary color is Mid Gray, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of orange, warm yellow, and cool yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Storm Dust are #6f6e6d and #6e6f6d. Thus found on the left and right of #6f6f6d on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Tapa and Storm Dust colors as they work well with Welded Iron.
The split-complementary Welded Iron palette consists of #6e6d6f and #6d6e6f colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#6d6d6f). Try Salt Box and Nevada colors in combination with #6f6f6d, 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 #6f6f6d 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 Welded Iron. Thus Fedora and Sirocco giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Welded Iron contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Mid Gray, Corduroy, and Dove Gray split by 90° on the color wheel. #6f6f6d square combo is a palette of warm yellow, green cyan, 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. Welded Iron tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#6d6d6f) and two others. The Sirocco is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Dove Gray – 120° from the complementary Mid Gray. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #6d6f6f and #6f6d6d.
In a RGB color space, hex #6f6f6d is made of 34% red, 34% green and 33% blue. In a HSL mode Welded Iron has a hue angle of 60°, a saturation of 0.91% and a lightness of 43.14%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #6f6f6d is made of 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 0.78% yellow and 56.47% black ink.
| HEX | #6f6f6d |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(111,111,109) |
| RGB Percentage | 34%, 34%, 33% |
| CMYK | 0, 0, 0.78, 56.47 |
| HSL | hsl(60,0.91%,43.14%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(60,1.8%,43.53%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(46.7804,-0.4019,1.1054) |
| XYZ | xyz(15.0003,15.8525,16.7372) |