Spanish Bistre Color

#807532

Spanish Bistre is calm, 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 #7f8acd
Complementary Color #313d80
Color Shade: warm yellow (51.54° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 34.9% (better contrasting with white)
Spanish Bistre Color Sample
Spanish Bistre Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #807532

If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Spanish Bistre Color. The High Forest Green color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a orange bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Morass (#726138) for more calm effect. Try Martina Olive as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#313d80 is the best complementary color to Spanish Bistre. 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 #807532 complementary color is Chambray, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm red, warm yellow, and cool yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Pesto are #804d31 and #648031. Thus found on the left and right of #807532 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Old Copper and Crete colors as they work well with Spanish Bistre.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Spanish Bistre palette consists of #4e3180 and #316480 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#313d80). Try Minsk and Calypso colors in combination with #807532, 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 #807532 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 Spanish Bistre. Thus Eminence and Paradiso giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Spanish Bistre contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Chambray, Sea Green, and Camelot split by 90° on the color wheel. #807532 square combo is a palette of warm yellow, cool green, cool blue and warm magenta 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. Spanish Bistre tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#313d80) and two others. The Paradiso is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Solid Pink – 120° from the complementary Chambray. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #318075 and #80313d.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #807532 is made of 43% red, 40% green and 17% blue. In a HSL mode Spanish Bistre has a hue angle of 51.54°, a saturation of 43.82% and a lightness of 34.9%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #807532 is made of 0% cyan, 4.32% magenta, 30.59% yellow and 49.8% black ink.

HEX #807532
RGB Decimal rgb(128,117,50)
RGB Percentage 43%, 40%, 17%
CMYK 0, 4.32, 30.59, 49.8
HSL hsl(51.54,43.82%,34.9%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(51.54,60.94%,50.2%)
CIE-LAB lab(48.9359,-4.7475,37.7199)
XYZ xyz(15.8391,17.5421,5.5688)
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