Greywood Color

#9d9586

Greywood is pale, warm-toned shade of orange. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with blue cyan, mid magenta or green cyan

Inverse Color #626a79
Complementary Color #858e9d
Color Shade: orange (39.13° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 57.06% (better contrasting with white)
Greywood Color Sample
Greywood Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #9d9586

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Greywood Color. The Ricochet color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Gazelle (#947e68) for more energetic effect. Try Grey Tote as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#858e9d is the best complementary color to Greywood. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #9d9586 complementary color is Regent Gray, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid red, orange, and mid yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Zorba are #9d8985 and #999d85. Thus found on the left and right of #9d9586 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Pharlap and Sage colors as they work well with Greywood.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Greywood palette consists of #89859d and #85999d colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#858e9d). Try Manatee and Granny Smith colors in combination with #9d9586, 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 #9d9586 offers a combination of violet and green cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Greywood. Thus Mamba and Mantle giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Greywood contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Regent Gray, Spanish Green, and Venus split by 90° on the color wheel. #9d9586 square combo is a palette of orange, mid green, blue cyan and mid 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. Greywood tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#858e9d) and two others. The Mantle is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Mountbatten Pink – 120° from the complementary Regent Gray. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #859d94 and #9d858d.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #9d9586 is made of 36% red, 34% green and 30% blue. In a HSL mode Greywood has a hue angle of 39.13°, a saturation of 10.5% and a lightness of 57.06%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #9d9586 is made of 0% cyan, 3.14% magenta, 9.02% yellow and 38.43% black ink.

HEX #9d9586
RGB Decimal rgb(157,149,134)
RGB Percentage 36%, 34%, 30%
CMYK 0, 3.14, 9.02, 38.43
HSL hsl(39.13,10.5%,57.06%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(39.13,14.65%,61.57%)
CIE-LAB lab(61.9843,0.2941,8.9715)
XYZ xyz(28.9551,30.3842,26.8929)
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