Letter Grey 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 | #707074 |
| Complementary Color | #8b8b8f |
| Color Shade: | warm yellow (60° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 55.29% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Letter Grey Color. The Wainscot Green 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 Potting Moss (#a0a089) for more energetic effect. Try Wandering Willow as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#8b8b8f is the best complementary color to Letter Grey. 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 #8f8f8b complementary color is Jumbo, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of orange, warm yellow, and cool yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Lemon Grass are #8f8d8b and #8d8f8b. Thus found on the left and right of #8f8f8b on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Natural Gray and Stack colors as they work well with Letter Grey.
The split-complementary Letter Grey palette consists of #8d8b8f and #8b8d8f colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#8b8b8f). Try Mountain Mist and Oslo Gray colors in combination with #8f8f8b, 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 #8f8f8b 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 Letter Grey. Thus Monsoon and Oslo Gray giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Letter Grey contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Jumbo, Gunsmoke, and Suva Gray split by 90° on the color wheel. #8f8f8b square combo is a palette of warm yellow, green cyan, 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. Letter Grey tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#8b8b8f) and two others. The Oslo Gray is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Gray – 120° from the complementary Jumbo. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #8b8f8f and #8f8b8b.
In a RGB color space, hex #8f8f8b is made of 34% red, 34% green and 33% blue. In a HSL mode Letter Grey has a hue angle of 60°, a saturation of 1.75% and a lightness of 55.29%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #8f8f8b is made of 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 1.57% yellow and 43.92% black ink.
| HEX | #8f8f8b |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(143,143,139) |
| RGB Percentage | 34%, 34%, 33% |
| CMYK | 0, 0, 1.57, 43.92 |
| HSL | hsl(60,1.75%,55.29%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(60,2.8%,56.08%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(59.2957,-0.7664,2.1175) |
| XYZ | xyz(25.8104,27.3486,28.3446) |