Wilderness Color

#8f886c

Wilderness 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 #707793
Complementary Color #6b728f
Color Shade: warm yellow (48° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 49.22% (better contrasting with white)
Wilderness Color Sample
Wilderness Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #8f886c

If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Wilderness Color. The Neutral Green color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a orange bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Salt Island Green (#757261) for more calm effect. Try Grey Brown as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#6b728f is the best complementary color to Wilderness. 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 #8f886c complementary color is Storm Gray, 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 #8f766b and #848f6b. Thus found on the left and right of #8f886c on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Almond Frost and Battleship Gray colors as they work well with Wilderness.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Wilderness palette consists of #766b8f and #6b848f colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#6b728f). Try Rum and Slate Gray colors in combination with #8f886c, 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 #8f886c 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 Wilderness. Thus Trendy Pink and Juniper giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Wilderness contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Storm Gray, Viridian Green, and Strikemaster split by 90° on the color wheel. #8f886c 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. Wilderness tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#6b728f) and two others. The Juniper 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 #6b8f88 and #8f6b72.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #8f886c is made of 37% red, 35% green and 28% blue. In a HSL mode Wilderness has a hue angle of 48°, a saturation of 13.94% and a lightness of 49.22%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #8f886c is made of 0% cyan, 2.75% magenta, 13.73% yellow and 43.92% black ink.

HEX #8f886c
RGB Decimal rgb(143,136,108)
RGB Percentage 37%, 35%, 28%
CMYK 0, 2.75, 13.73, 43.92
HSL hsl(48,13.94%,49.22%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(48,24.48%,56.08%)
CIE-LAB lab(56.6152,-2.1494,16.0079)
XYZ xyz(22.8386,24.5307,17.7185)
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