Spicy Mustard is soft, 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 | #8b9bf2 |
| Complementary Color | #0c1c74 |
| Color Shade: | warm yellow (50.68° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 25.29% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Spicy Mustard Color. The Jīn Zōng Gold color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a orange bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Medusa's Snakes (#777711) for more calm effect. Try Honey Yellow Green as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#0c1c74 is the best complementary color to Spicy Mustard. 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 #74640d complementary color is Arapawa, 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 Spicy Mustard are #74300c and #50740c. Thus found on the left and right of #74640d on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Cafe Royale and Green Leaf colors as they work well with Spicy Mustard.
The split-complementary Spicy Mustard palette consists of #300c74 and #0c5074 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#0c1c74). Try Windsor and Atoll colors in combination with #74640d, 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 #74640d 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 Spicy Mustard. Thus Windsor and Atoll giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Spicy Mustard contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Arapawa, Salem, and Rose Bud Cherry split by 90° on the color wheel. #74640d 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. Spicy Mustard tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#0c1c74) and two others. The Atoll is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Dark Tan – 120° from the complementary Arapawa. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #0c7464 and #740c1d.
In a RGB color space, hex #74640d is made of 51% red, 44% green and 6% blue. In a HSL mode Spicy Mustard has a hue angle of 50.68°, a saturation of 79.84% and a lightness of 25.29%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #74640d is made of 0% cyan, 6.27% magenta, 40.39% yellow and 54.51% black ink.
| HEX | #74640d |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(116,100,13) |
| RGB Percentage | 51%, 44%, 6% |
| CMYK | 0, 6.27, 40.39, 54.51 |
| HSL | hsl(50.68,79.84%,25.29%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(50.68,88.79%,45.49%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(42.5461,-2.6951,46.1508) |
| XYZ | xyz(11.8323,12.8564,2.2387) |