Elemental Grey is pale, warm-toned shade of warm yellow. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool blue, mid red or warm cyan
| Inverse Color | #5f5f60 |
| Complementary Color | #9f9fa0 |
| Color Shade: | warm yellow (60° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 62.55% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Elemental Grey Color. The Sandgrass Green color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a orange bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Elemental Green (#969783) for more energetic effect. Try Muted Sage as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#9f9fa0 is the best complementary color to Elemental Grey. 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 #a0a09f complementary color is Santas Gray, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of mid red, warm yellow, and warm green colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Star Dust are #a09f9f and #9fa09f. Thus found on the left and right of #a0a09f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Silver Chalice and Stack colors as they work well with Elemental Grey.
The split-complementary Elemental Grey palette consists of #9f9fa0 and #9f9fa0 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#9f9fa0). Try Santas Gray and Santas Gray colors in combination with #a0a09f, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.
The triadic palette of #a0a09f 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 Elemental Grey. Thus Shady Lady and Edward giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Elemental Grey contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Santas Gray, Stack, and Silver Chalice split by 90° on the color wheel. #a0a09f square combo is a palette of warm yellow, warm green, cool blue and mid red shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Elemental Grey tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#9f9fa0) and two others. The Edward is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Silver Chalice – 120° from the complementary Santas Gray. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #9fa0a0 and #a09f9f.
In a RGB color space, hex #a0a09f is made of 33% red, 33% green and 33% blue. In a HSL mode Elemental Grey has a hue angle of 60°, a saturation of 0.52% and a lightness of 62.55%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #a0a09f is made of 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 0.4% yellow and 37.25% black ink.
| HEX | #a0a09f |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(160,160,159) |
| RGB Percentage | 33%, 33%, 33% |
| CMYK | 0, 0, 0.4, 37.25 |
| HSL | hsl(60,0.52%,62.55%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(60,0.62%,62.75%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(65.8407,-0.1867,0.5124) |
| XYZ | xyz(33.326,35.1184,37.8229) |