Sour Bubba 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 | #747bb1 |
| Complementary Color | #4e548b |
| Color Shade: | warm yellow (53.11° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 42.55% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Sour Bubba Color. The Obsession 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 Organic Matter (#a99e54) for more energetic effect. Try Go Ben as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#4e548b is the best complementary color to Sour Bubba. 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 #8b844e complementary color is East Bay, 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 Shadow are #8b654e and #738b4e. Thus found on the left and right of #8b844e on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Shadow and Asparagus colors as they work well with Sour Bubba.
The split-complementary Sour Bubba palette consists of #654e8b and #4e738b colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#4e548b). Try Butterfly Bush and Bismark colors in combination with #8b844e, 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 #8b844e 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 Sour Bubba. Thus Affair and Smalt Blue giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Sour Bubba contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary East Bay, Como, and Cannon Pink split by 90° on the color wheel. #8b844e 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. Sour Bubba tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#4e548b) and two others. The Smalt Blue is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Copper Rust – 120° from the complementary East Bay. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #4e8b84 and #8b4e55.
In a RGB color space, hex #8b844e is made of 40% red, 38% green and 22% blue. In a HSL mode Sour Bubba has a hue angle of 53.11°, a saturation of 28.11% and a lightness of 42.55%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #8b844e is made of 0% cyan, 2.75% magenta, 23.92% yellow and 45.49% black ink.
| HEX | #8b844e |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(139,132,78) |
| RGB Percentage | 40%, 38%, 22% |
| CMYK | 0, 2.75, 23.92, 45.49 |
| HSL | hsl(53.11,28.11%,42.55%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(53.11,43.88%,54.51%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(54.597,-5.5507,30.0327) |
| XYZ | xyz(20.2739,22.5416,10.4901) |