Spruced Up Color

#9a7f28

Spruced Up is soft, 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 #6580d7
Complementary Color #27429a
Color Shade: warm yellow (45.79° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 38.04% (better contrasting with white)
Spruced Up Color Sample
Spruced Up Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #9a7f28

If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Spruced Up Color. The Arnica color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a orange bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Greedy Gecko (#aa9922) for more energetic effect. Try Weapon Bronze as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#27429a is the best complementary color to Spruced Up. 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 #9a7f28 complementary color is Sapphire, 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 Luxor Gold are #9a4527 and #7c9a27. Thus found on the left and right of #9a7f28 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Cumin and Wasabi colors as they work well with Spruced Up.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Spruced Up palette consists of #45279a and #277b9a colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#27429a). Try Daisy Bush and Jelly Bean colors in combination with #9a7f28, 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 #9a7f28 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 Spruced Up. Thus Seance and Jungle Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Spruced Up contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Sapphire, Eucalyptus, and Royal Heath split by 90° on the color wheel. #9a7f28 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. Spruced Up tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#27429a) and two others. The Jungle Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Stiletto – 120° from the complementary Sapphire. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #279a7f and #9a2742.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #9a7f28 is made of 48% red, 40% green and 12% blue. In a HSL mode Spruced Up has a hue angle of 45.79°, a saturation of 58.76% and a lightness of 38.04%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #9a7f28 is made of 0% cyan, 10.59% magenta, 44.7% yellow and 39.61% black ink.

HEX #9a7f28
RGB Decimal rgb(154,127,40)
RGB Percentage 48%, 40%, 12%
CMYK 0, 10.59, 44.7, 39.61
HSL hsl(45.79,58.76%,38.04%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(45.79,74.03%,60.39%)
CIE-LAB lab(54.2406,0.9368,48.6806)
XYZ xyz(21.2988,22.202,5.1703)
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