Schist 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 | #787890 |
| Complementary Color | #6f6f87 |
| Color Shade: | warm yellow (60° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 48.24% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Schist Color. The Flinders 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 saturated alternative called Green Illude (#6e6f56) for more energetic effect. Try Old Silver as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#6f6f87 is the best complementary color to Schist. 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 #87876f 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 #877b6f and #7b876f. Thus found on the left and right of #87876f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Makara and Camouflage Green colors as they work well with Schist.
The split-complementary Schist palette consists of #7a6f87 and #6f7a87 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#6f6f87). Try Mobster and Raven colors in combination with #87876f, 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 #87876f 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 Schist. Thus Old Lavender and Sirocco giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Schist contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Storm Gray, Blue Smoke, and Empress split by 90° on the color wheel. #87876f 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. Schist tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#6f6f87) and two others. The Sirocco is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Opium – 120° from the complementary Storm Gray. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #6f8787 and #876f6f.
In a RGB color space, hex #87876f is made of 35% red, 35% green and 29% blue. In a HSL mode Schist has a hue angle of 60°, a saturation of 9.76% and a lightness of 48.24%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #87876f is made of 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 9.41% yellow and 47.06% black ink.
| HEX | #87876f |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(135,135,111) |
| RGB Percentage | 35%, 35%, 29% |
| CMYK | 0, 0, 9.41, 47.06 |
| HSL | hsl(60,9.76%,48.24%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(60,17.78%,52.94%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(55.7119,-4.3341,12.9385) |
| XYZ | xyz(21.5249,23.6265,18.4648) |