Mudstone is pale, warm-toned shade of warm yellow. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool blue, red magenta or warm cyan
| Inverse Color | #7b7b90 |
| Complementary Color | #6f6f84 |
| Color Shade: | warm yellow (60° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 47.65% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Mudstone Color. The Rigby Ridge 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 French Pear (#9e9f7d) for more energetic effect. Try Knit Cardigan as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#6f6f84 is the best complementary color to Mudstone. 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 #84846f 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 yellow green colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Bandicoot are #84796f and #79846f. Thus found on the left and right of #84846f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Makara and Camouflage Green colors as they work well with Mudstone.
The split-complementary Mudstone palette consists of #796f84 and #6f7984 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#6f6f84). Try Mobster and Pale Sky colors in combination with #84846f, 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 #84846f 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 Mudstone. Thus Old Lavender and Sirocco giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Mudstone contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Storm Gray, Xanadu, and Empress split by 90° on the color wheel. #84846f square combo is a palette of warm yellow, cool green, cool blue and red magenta shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Mudstone tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#6f6f84) 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 #6f8484 and #846f6f.
In a RGB color space, hex #84846f is made of 35% red, 35% green and 30% blue. In a HSL mode Mudstone has a hue angle of 60°, a saturation of 8.64% and a lightness of 47.65%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #84846f is made of 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 8.23% yellow and 48.24% black ink.
| HEX | #84846f |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(132,132,111) |
| RGB Percentage | 35%, 35%, 30% |
| CMYK | 0, 0, 8.23, 48.24 |
| HSL | hsl(60,8.64%,47.65%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(60,15.91%,51.76%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(54.6118,-3.8453,11.3621) |
| XYZ | xyz(20.6362,22.5558,18.305) |