Smoky Forest 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 | #7e8297 |
| Complementary Color | #686c81 |
| Color Shade: | warm yellow (50.4° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 45.69% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Smoky Forest Color. The Sweet Annie 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 Grant Grey (#918f8a) for more calm effect. Try Nevergreen as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#686c81 is the best complementary color to Smoky Forest. 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 #817d68 complementary color is Storm Gray, 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 Bandicoot are #817068 and #788168. Thus found on the left and right of #817d68 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Sand Dune and Limed Ash colors as they work well with Smoky Forest.
The split-complementary Smoky Forest palette consists of #706881 and #687881 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#686c81). Try Rum and Pale Sky colors in combination with #817d68, 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 #817d68 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 Smoky Forest. Thus Rum and Sirocco giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Smoky Forest contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Storm Gray, Viridian Green, and Falcon split by 90° on the color wheel. #817d68 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. Smoky Forest tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#686c81) and two others. The Sirocco is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Spicy Pink – 120° from the complementary Storm Gray. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #68817c and #81686c.
In a RGB color space, hex #817d68 is made of 36% red, 35% green and 29% blue. In a HSL mode Smoky Forest has a hue angle of 50.4°, a saturation of 10.73% and a lightness of 45.69%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #817d68 is made of 0% cyan, 1.57% magenta, 9.81% yellow and 49.41% black ink.
| HEX | #817d68 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(129,125,104) |
| RGB Percentage | 36%, 35%, 29% |
| CMYK | 0, 1.57, 9.81, 49.41 |
| HSL | hsl(50.4,10.73%,45.69%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(50.4,19.38%,50.59%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(52.2126,-2.2542,12.0105) |
| XYZ | xyz(18.8856,20.3338,16.0261) |