Yellowish Brown Color

#9b7a01

Yellowish Brown 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 #6485fe
Complementary Color #00219b
Color Shade: warm yellow (47.14° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 30.59% (better contrasting with white)
Yellowish Brown Color Sample
Yellowish Brown Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #9b7a01

If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Yellowish Brown Color. The Philippine Gold color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a orange bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Gamboge Brown (#996600) for more energetic effect. Try Smoothie Green as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#00219b is the best complementary color to Yellowish Brown. 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 #9b7a01 complementary color is Smalt, 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 are #9b2d00 and #6f9b00. Thus found on the left and right of #9b7a01 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Oregon and Limeade colors as they work well with Yellowish Brown.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Yellowish Brown palette consists of #2c009b and #006f9b colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#00219b). Try Kingfisher Daisy and Allports colors in combination with #9b7a01, 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 #9b7a01 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 Yellowish Brown. Thus Purple and Green Haze giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Yellowish Brown contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Smalt, Fun Green, and Fresh Eggplant split by 90° on the color wheel. #9b7a01 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. Yellowish Brown tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#00219b) and two others. The Green Haze is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Carmine – 120° from the complementary Smalt. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #009b7a and #9b0021.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #9b7a01 is made of 56% red, 44% green and 0% blue. In a HSL mode Yellowish Brown has a hue angle of 47.14°, a saturation of 98.72% and a lightness of 30.59%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #9b7a01 is made of 0% cyan, 12.94% magenta, 60.39% yellow and 39.22% black ink.

HEX #9b7a01
RGB Decimal rgb(155,122,1)
RGB Percentage 56%, 44%, 0%
CMYK 0, 12.94, 60.39, 39.22
HSL hsl(47.14,98.72%,30.59%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(47.14,99.35%,60.78%)
CIE-LAB lab(52.8287,3.0927,58.3894)
XYZ xyz(20.4826,20.8898,2.9813)
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