Wooster Smoke Color

#a5a192

Wooster Smoke is pale, warm-toned shade of warm yellow. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool blue, warm magenta or warm cyan

Inverse Color #5a5e6d
Complementary Color #9296a5
Color Shade: warm yellow (47.37° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 60.98% (better contrasting with white)
Wooster Smoke Color Sample
Wooster Smoke Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #a5a192

If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Wooster Smoke Color. The Grey-Headed Woodpecker 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 Arrowtown (#948771) for more energetic effect. Try Subway as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#9296a5 is the best complementary color to Wooster Smoke. 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 #a5a192 complementary color is Manatee, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm red, warm yellow, and cool yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Gray Olive are #a59792 and #9fa592. Thus found on the left and right of #a5a192 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Zorba and Lemon Grass colors as they work well with Wooster Smoke.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Wooster Smoke palette consists of #9792a5 and #929fa5 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#9296a5). Try Manatee and Regent Gray colors in combination with #a5a192, 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 #a5a192 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 Wooster Smoke. Thus Mountain Mist and Pewter giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Wooster Smoke contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Manatee, Envy, and Dusty Gray split by 90° on the color wheel. #a5a192 square combo is a palette of warm yellow, cool green, cool blue and warm 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. Wooster Smoke tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#9296a5) and two others. The Pewter is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Dusty Gray – 120° from the complementary Manatee. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #92a5a1 and #a59296.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #a5a192 is made of 35% red, 34% green and 31% blue. In a HSL mode Wooster Smoke has a hue angle of 47.37°, a saturation of 9.55% and a lightness of 60.98%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #a5a192 is made of 0% cyan, 1.57% magenta, 7.46% yellow and 35.29% black ink.

HEX #a5a192
RGB Decimal rgb(165,161,146)
RGB Percentage 35%, 34%, 31%
CMYK 0, 1.57, 7.46, 35.29
HSL hsl(47.37,9.55%,60.98%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(47.37,11.52%,64.71%)
CIE-LAB lab(66.1857,-1.2363,8.3193)
XYZ xyz(33.4502,35.5644,32.2957)
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