Shaded Glen Color

#8e824a

Shaded Glen 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 #717db5
Complementary Color #49568e
Color Shade: warm yellow (49.41° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 42.35% (better contrasting with white)
Shaded Glen Color Sample
Shaded Glen Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #8e824a

If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Shaded Glen Color. The Spanish Gold 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 Outdoorsy (#b2974d) for more energetic effect. Try Organic Matter as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#49568e is the best complementary color to Shaded Glen. 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 #8e824a complementary color is East Bay, 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 Shadow are #8e5f49 and #788e49. Thus found on the left and right of #8e824a on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Spicy Mix and Asparagus colors as they work well with Shaded Glen.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Shaded Glen palette consists of #5f498e and #49788e colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#49568e). Try Butterfly Bush and Bismark colors in combination with #8e824a, 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 #8e824a 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 Shaded Glen. Thus Affair and Viridian giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Shaded Glen contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary East Bay, Fruit Salad, and Cannon Pink split by 90° on the color wheel. #8e824a 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. Shaded Glen tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#49568e) and two others. The Viridian 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 #498e82 and #8e4956.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #8e824a is made of 41% red, 38% green and 21% blue. In a HSL mode Shaded Glen has a hue angle of 49.41°, a saturation of 31.48% and a lightness of 42.35%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #8e824a is made of 0% cyan, 4.71% magenta, 26.67% yellow and 44.31% black ink.

HEX #8e824a
RGB Decimal rgb(142,130,74)
RGB Percentage 41%, 38%, 21%
CMYK 0, 4.71, 26.67, 44.31
HSL hsl(49.41,31.48%,42.35%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(49.41,47.89%,55.69%)
CIE-LAB lab(54.2496,-3.5626,31.8214)
XYZ xyz(20.374,22.2105,9.6918)
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