Mirrored Willow Color

#8e876e

Mirrored Willow 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 #717891
Complementary Color #6e758e
Color Shade: warm yellow (46.88° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 49.41% (better contrasting with white)
Mirrored Willow Color Sample
Mirrored Willow Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #8e876e

If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Mirrored Willow Color. The Sage Green Light color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a orange bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Viking Castle (#757266) for more calm effect. Try Momentum as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#6e758e is the best complementary color to Mirrored Willow. 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 #8e876e complementary color is Raven, 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 Olive Haze are #8e776e and #858e6e. Thus found on the left and right of #8e876e on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Almond Frost and Battleship Gray colors as they work well with Mirrored Willow.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Mirrored Willow palette consists of #776e8e and #6e858e colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#6e758e). Try Rum and Slate Gray colors in combination with #8e876e, 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 #8e876e 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 Mirrored Willow. Thus Rum and Juniper giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Mirrored Willow contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Raven, Laurel, and Mountbatten Pink split by 90° on the color wheel. #8e876e 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. Mirrored Willow tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#6e758e) and two others. The Juniper is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Opium – 120° from the complementary Raven. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #6e8e87 and #8e6e75.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #8e876e is made of 37% red, 35% green and 28% blue. In a HSL mode Mirrored Willow has a hue angle of 46.88°, a saturation of 12.7% and a lightness of 49.41%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #8e876e is made of 0% cyan, 2.75% magenta, 12.55% yellow and 44.31% black ink.

HEX #8e876e
RGB Decimal rgb(142,135,110)
RGB Percentage 37%, 35%, 28%
CMYK 0, 2.75, 12.55, 44.31
HSL hsl(46.88,12.7%,49.41%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(46.88,22.54%,55.69%)
CIE-LAB lab(56.292,-1.6882,14.4082)
XYZ xyz(22.6338,24.2045,18.2309)
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