Medieval Sulfur Color

#a79f5c

Medieval Sulfur is calm, 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 #5860a3
Complementary Color #5c64a6
Color Shade: warm yellow (53.6° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 50.78% (better contrasting with white)
Medieval Sulfur Color Sample
Medieval Sulfur Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #a79f5c

If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Medieval Sulfur Color. The Fertile Green color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a orange bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Frog's Legs (#8c8449) for more energetic effect. Try Rural Green as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#5c64a6 is the best complementary color to Medieval Sulfur. 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 #a79f5c complementary color is Scampi, 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 Barley Corn are #a6795c and #89a65c. Thus found on the left and right of #a79f5c on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Barley Corn and Chelsea Cucumber colors as they work well with Medieval Sulfur.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Medieval Sulfur palette consists of #795ca6 and #5c89a6 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#5c64a6). Try Deluge and Horizon colors in combination with #a79f5c, 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 #a79f5c 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 Medieval Sulfur. Thus Wisteria and Breaker Bay giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Medieval Sulfur contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Scampi, Aqua Forest, and Tapestry split by 90° on the color wheel. #a79f5c 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. Medieval Sulfur tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#5c64a6) and two others. The Breaker Bay is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Coral Tree – 120° from the complementary Scampi. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #5ca69f and #a65c63.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #a79f5c is made of 40% red, 38% green and 22% blue. In a HSL mode Medieval Sulfur has a hue angle of 53.6°, a saturation of 29.88% and a lightness of 50.78%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #a79f5c is made of 0% cyan, 3.14% magenta, 29.41% yellow and 34.51% black ink.

HEX #a79f5c
RGB Decimal rgb(167,159,92)
RGB Percentage 40%, 38%, 22%
CMYK 0, 3.14, 29.41, 34.51
HSL hsl(53.6,29.88%,50.78%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(53.6,44.91%,65.49%)
CIE-LAB lab(64.7911,-6.801,35.8843)
XYZ xyz(30.2663,33.7845,15.0511)
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