Gallstone Yellow Color

#a36629

Gallstone Yellow is soft, warm-toned shade of warm red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with blue cyan, mid magenta or green cyan

Inverse Color #5c99d6
Complementary Color #2865a3
Color Shade: warm red (30° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 40% (better contrasting with white)
Gallstone Yellow Color Sample
Gallstone Yellow Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #a36629

If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Gallstone Yellow Color. The Monarch Gold color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Cool Cream Spirit (#b88035) for more calm effect. Try Ginger Beer as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#2865a3 is the best complementary color to Gallstone Yellow. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #a36629 complementary color is St Tropaz, 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 Paarl are #a32928 and #a2a328. Thus found on the left and right of #a36629 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Mexican Red and Lemon Ginger colors as they work well with Gallstone Yellow.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Gallstone Yellow palette consists of #2828a3 and #28a2a3 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#2865a3). Try Governor Bay and Jungle Green colors in combination with #a36629, 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 #a36629 offers a combination of warm blue and green cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Gallstone Yellow. Thus Daisy Bush and Jungle Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Gallstone Yellow contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary St Tropaz, Forest Green, and Medium Red Violet split by 90° on the color wheel. #a36629 square combo is a palette of orange, warm 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. Gallstone Yellow tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#2865a3) and two others. The Jungle Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Hibiscus – 120° from the complementary St Tropaz. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #28a366 and #a32866.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #a36629 is made of 53% red, 33% green and 13% blue. In a HSL mode Gallstone Yellow has a hue angle of 30°, a saturation of 59.8% and a lightness of 40%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #a36629 is made of 0% cyan, 23.92% magenta, 47.84% yellow and 36.08% black ink.

HEX #a36629
RGB Decimal rgb(163,102,41)
RGB Percentage 53%, 33%, 13%
CMYK 0, 23.92, 47.84, 36.08
HSL hsl(30,59.8%,40%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(30,74.85%,63.92%)
CIE-LAB lab(48.8213,19.2557,43.1377)
XYZ xyz(20.2559,17.4494,4.3983)
;