Pine Trail Color

#9c9f75

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

Inverse Color #63608a
Complementary Color #77749f
Color Shade: mid yellow (64.29° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 54.12% (better contrasting with white)
Pine Trail Color Sample
Pine Trail Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #9c9f75

If you're looking for a similar mid yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Pine Trail Color. The Bandicoot color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm yellow bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Paris Creek (#888873) for more calm effect. Try Silver Lustre as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#77749f is the best complementary color to Pine Trail. Mid blue shades generally complement the mid yellow hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #9c9f75 complementary color is Kimberly, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of orange, mid yellow, and yellow green colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Gurkha are #9f8c74 and #879f74. Thus found on the left and right of #9c9f75 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Donkey Brown and Battleship Gray colors as they work well with Pine Trail.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Pine Trail palette consists of #8c749f and #74869f colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#77749f). Try Trendy Pink and Lynch colors in combination with #9c9f75, 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 #9c9f75 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 Pine Trail. Thus Mountbatten Pink and Gumbo giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Pine Trail contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Kimberly, Oxley, and Mountbatten Pink split by 90° on the color wheel. #9c9f75 square combo is a palette of mid yellow, green cyan, mid blue and red 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. Pine Trail tetradic combo consists of mid blue complementary color (#77749f) and two others. The Gumbo is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Pharlap – 120° from the complementary Kimberly. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #749c9f and #9f7774.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #9c9f75 is made of 36% red, 37% green and 27% blue. In a HSL mode Pine Trail has a hue angle of 64.29°, a saturation of 17.95% and a lightness of 54.12%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #9c9f75 is made of 1.17% cyan, 0% magenta, 16.47% yellow and 37.65% black ink.

HEX #9c9f75
RGB Decimal rgb(156,159,117)
RGB Percentage 36%, 37%, 27%
CMYK 1.17, 0, 16.47, 37.65
HSL hsl(64.29,17.95%,54.12%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(64.29,26.42%,62.35%)
CIE-LAB lab(64.281,-8.2008,21.6233)
XYZ xyz(29.3193,33.1485,21.6826)
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