Silk Road Color

#97976f

Silk Road is pale, warm-toned shade of warm yellow. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool blue, warm magenta or mid cyan

Inverse Color #686890
Complementary Color #6e6e97
Color Shade: warm yellow (60° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 51.37% (better contrasting with white)
Silk Road Color Sample
Silk Road Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #97976f

If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Silk Road Color. The Little Valley color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a orange bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Woodland Sage (#a4a393) for more calm effect. Try Hanover Pewter as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#6e6e97 is the best complementary color to Silk Road. 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 #97976f complementary color is Kimberly, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of orange, warm yellow, and cool yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Gurkha are #97836e and #83976e. Thus found on the left and right of #97976f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Arrowtown and Battleship Gray colors as they work well with Silk Road.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Silk Road palette consists of #826e97 and #6e8297 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#6e6e97). Try Rum and Lynch colors in combination with #97976f, 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 #97976f offers a combination of mid magenta and mid cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Silk Road. Thus Strikemaster and Juniper giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Silk Road contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Kimberly, Oxley, and Mountbatten Pink split by 90° on the color wheel. #97976f square combo is a palette of warm yellow, green cyan, 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. Silk Road tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#6e6e97) and two others. The Juniper is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Copper Rose – 120° from the complementary Kimberly. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #6e9697 and #976e6e.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #97976f is made of 37% red, 37% green and 27% blue. In a HSL mode Silk Road has a hue angle of 60°, a saturation of 16.13% and a lightness of 51.37%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #97976f is made of 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 15.69% yellow and 40.78% black ink.

HEX #97976f
RGB Decimal rgb(151,151,111)
RGB Percentage 37%, 37%, 27%
CMYK 0, 0, 15.69, 40.78
HSL hsl(60,16.13%,51.37%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(60,26.49%,59.22%)
CIE-LAB lab(61.5334,-6.7405,21.1463)
XYZ xyz(26.6984,29.8602,19.3954)
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