Tea Leaf Brown is pale, warm-toned shade of warm yellow. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with blue cyan, mid magenta or green cyan
| Inverse Color | #5a6a9b |
| Complementary Color | #6474a4 |
| Color Shade: | warm yellow (45.23° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 51.96% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Tea Leaf Brown Color. The Hidden Cottage color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a orange bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Fingerpaint (#8a7e61) for more calm effect. Try Woven Basket as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#6474a4 is the best complementary color to Tea Leaf Brown. Blue cyan shades generally complement the warm yellow hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #a59564 complementary color is Waikawa Gray, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of mid red, warm yellow, and mid yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Barley Corn are #a47464 and #94a464. Thus found on the left and right of #a59564 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Coral Tree and Green Smoke colors as they work well with Tea Leaf Brown.
The split-complementary Tea Leaf Brown palette consists of #7464a4 and #6494a4 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#6474a4). Try Deluge and Gothic colors in combination with #a59564, 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 #a59564 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 Tea Leaf Brown. Thus Trendy Pink and Breaker Bay giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Tea Leaf Brown contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Waikawa Gray, Aqua Forest, and Strikemaster split by 90° on the color wheel. #a59564 square combo is a palette of warm yellow, mid green, blue cyan and mid magenta shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Tea Leaf Brown tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#6474a4) and two others. The Breaker Bay is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Coral Tree – 120° from the complementary Waikawa Gray. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #64a494 and #a46474.
In a RGB color space, hex #a59564 is made of 40% red, 36% green and 24% blue. In a HSL mode Tea Leaf Brown has a hue angle of 45.23°, a saturation of 26.53% and a lightness of 51.96%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #a59564 is made of 0% cyan, 6.28% magenta, 25.49% yellow and 35.29% black ink.
| HEX | #a59564 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(165,149,100) |
| RGB Percentage | 40%, 36%, 24% |
| CMYK | 0, 6.28, 25.49, 35.29 |
| HSL | hsl(45.23,26.53%,51.96%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(45.23,39.39%,64.71%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(62.0101,-1.3358,28.0412) |
| XYZ | xyz(28.5647,30.4143,16.4216) |