Rare Grey Color

#a6a69b

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

Inverse Color #595964
Complementary Color #9b9ba6
Color Shade: warm yellow (60° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 62.94% (better contrasting with white)
Rare Grey Color Sample
Rare Grey Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #a6a69b

If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Rare Grey Color. The Beryl Green color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a orange bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Farmer's Market (#8f917c) for more energetic effect. Try Naturalist Grey as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#9b9ba6 is the best complementary color to Rare 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 #a6a69b complementary color is Santas Gray, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm red, warm yellow, and yellow green colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Delta are #a6a09b and #a0a69b. Thus found on the left and right of #a6a69b on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Cloudy and Bud colors as they work well with Rare Grey.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Rare Grey palette consists of #a09ba6 and #9ba0a6 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#9b9ba6). Try Mountain Mist and Gray Chateau colors in combination with #a6a69b, 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 #a6a69b 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 Rare Grey. Thus Shady Lady and Edward giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Rare Grey contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Santas Gray, Pewter, and Dusty Gray split by 90° on the color wheel. #a6a69b square combo is a palette of warm yellow, cool green, cool blue and red 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. Rare Grey tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#9b9ba6) and two others. The Edward is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Dusty Gray – 120° from the complementary Santas Gray. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #9ba6a6 and #a69b9b.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #a6a69b is made of 34% red, 34% green and 32% blue. In a HSL mode Rare Grey has a hue angle of 60°, a saturation of 5.82% and a lightness of 62.94%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #a6a69b is made of 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 4.32% yellow and 34.9% black ink.

HEX #a6a69b
RGB Decimal rgb(166,166,155)
RGB Percentage 34%, 34%, 32%
CMYK 0, 0, 4.32, 34.9
HSL hsl(60,5.82%,62.94%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(60,6.63%,65.1%)
CIE-LAB lab(67.833,-2.0187,5.6863)
XYZ xyz(35.2785,37.746,36.4367)
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