Medusa's Snakes is soft, warm-toned shade of warm yellow. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool blue, warm magenta or mid cyan
| Inverse Color | #88e |
| Complementary Color | #101077 |
| Color Shade: | warm yellow (60° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 26.67% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Medusa's Snakes Color. The Thicket Green color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a orange bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Spicy Mustard (#74640d) for more energetic effect. Try Greenish Brown as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#101077 is the best complementary color to Medusa's Snakes. 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 #771 complementary color is Deep Koamaru, 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 White are #774410 and #447710. Thus found on the left and right of #771 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Raw Umber and Green Leaf colors as they work well with Medusa's Snakes.
The split-complementary Medusa's Snakes palette consists of #431077 and #104377 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#101077). Try Persian Indigo and Chathams Blue colors in combination with #771, 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 #771 offers a combination of mid magenta and mid cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Medusa's Snakes. Thus Disco and Surfie Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Medusa's Snakes contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Deep Koamaru, Jewel, and Disco split by 90° on the color wheel. #771 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. Medusa's Snakes tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#101077) and two others. The Surfie Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Dark Tan – 120° from the complementary Deep Koamaru. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #107677 and #771010.
In a RGB color space, hex #777711 is made of 47% red, 47% green and 7% blue. In a HSL mode Medusa's Snakes has a hue angle of 60°, a saturation of 75% and a lightness of 26.67%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #777711 is made of 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 40% yellow and 53.33% black ink.
| HEX | #777711 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(119,119,17) |
| RGB Percentage | 47%, 47%, 7% |
| CMYK | 0, 0, 40, 53.33 |
| HSL | hsl(60,75%,26.67%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(60,85.71%,46.67%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(48.4561,-11.8611,50.1412) |
| XYZ | xyz(14.3058,17.1561,3.0878) |