Peat 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 | #8e94a9 |
| Complementary Color | #555b71 |
| Color Shade: | warm yellow (46.67° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 39.02% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Peat Color. The Woven Basket 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 Mushroom Forest (#8e8062) for more energetic effect. Try Fieldstone as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#555b71 is the best complementary color to Peat. 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 #716b56 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 #715d55 and #697155. Thus found on the left and right of #716b56 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Pine Cone and Siam colors as they work well with Peat.
The split-complementary Peat palette consists of #5d5571 and #556971 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#555b71). Try Smoky and Shuttle Gray colors in combination with #716b56, 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 #716b56 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 Peat. Thus Salt Box and Cutty Sark giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Peat contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Comet, Finlandia, and Falcon split by 90° on the color wheel. #716b56 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. Peat tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#555b71) and two others. The Cutty Sark is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Zambezi – 120° from the complementary Comet. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #55716b and #71555b.
In a RGB color space, hex #716b56 is made of 37% red, 35% green and 28% blue. In a HSL mode Peat has a hue angle of 46.67°, a saturation of 13.57% and a lightness of 39.02%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #716b56 is made of 0% cyan, 2.35% magenta, 10.58% yellow and 55.69% black ink.
| HEX | #716b56 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(113,107,86) |
| RGB Percentage | 37%, 35%, 28% |
| CMYK | 0, 2.35, 10.58, 55.69 |
| HSL | hsl(46.67,13.57%,39.02%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(46.67,23.89%,44.31%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(45.2177,-1.4086,12.6359) |
| XYZ | xyz(13.7475,14.698,10.9165) |