Apeland Color

#8a843b

Apeland 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 #757bc4
Complementary Color #3a408a
Color Shade: warm yellow (55.44° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 38.63% (better contrasting with white)
Apeland Color Sample
Apeland Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #8a843b

If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Apeland Color. The Garden Weed color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a orange bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Poplar (#a29f46) for more calm effect. Try Aged Mustard Green as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#3a408a is the best complementary color to Apeland. 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 #8a843b 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 Sycamore are #8a5c3a and #688a3a. Thus found on the left and right of #8a843b on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Potters Clay and Pesto colors as they work well with Apeland.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Apeland palette consists of #5c3a8a and #3a688a colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#3a408a). Try Gigas and Ming colors in combination with #8a843b, 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 #8a843b 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 Apeland. Thus Vivid Violet and Paradiso giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Apeland contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Chambray, Amazon, and Vin Rouge split by 90° on the color wheel. #8a843b 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. Apeland tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#3a408a) 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 #3a8a84 and #8a3a40.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #8a843b is made of 42% red, 40% green and 18% blue. In a HSL mode Apeland has a hue angle of 55.44°, a saturation of 40.1% and a lightness of 38.63%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #8a843b is made of 0% cyan, 2.36% magenta, 30.98% yellow and 45.88% black ink.

HEX #8a843b
RGB Decimal rgb(138,132,59)
RGB Percentage 42%, 40%, 18%
CMYK 0, 2.36, 30.98, 45.88
HSL hsl(55.44,40.1%,38.63%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(55.44,57.25%,54.12%)
CIE-LAB lab(54.2613,-7.8441,39.5295)
XYZ xyz(19.5219,22.2216,7.3979)
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