Honey and Thyme is soft, warm-toned shade of warm yellow. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool blue, warm magenta or mid cyan
| Inverse Color | #55f |
| Complementary Color | #00a |
| Color Shade: | warm yellow (60° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 33.33% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Honey and Thyme Color. The Green Serpent Scepter color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a orange bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Golden Foil (#cccc00) for more calm effect. Try Romaine Green as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#00a is the best complementary color to Honey and Thyme. 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 #aa0 complementary color is White, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of warm red, warm yellow, and cool yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of White are #a50 and #5a0. Thus found on the left and right of #aa0 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching White and White colors as they work well with Honey and Thyme.
The split-complementary Honey and Thyme palette consists of #5400aa and #0054aa colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#00a). Try Purple and Endeavour colors in combination with #aa0, 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 #aa0 offers a combination of mid magenta and mid cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Honey and Thyme. Thus Flirt and Persian Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Honey and Thyme contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary White, White, and White split by 90° on the color wheel. #aa0 square combo is a palette of warm yellow, cool green, cool blue and warm magenta shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Honey and Thyme tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#00a) and two others. The Persian Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and White – 120° from the complementary White. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #00a9aa and #a00.
In a RGB color space, hex #aaaa00 is made of 50% red, 50% green and 0% blue. In a HSL mode Honey and Thyme has a hue angle of 60°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 33.33%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #aaaa00 is made of 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 66.67% yellow and 33.33% black ink.
| HEX | #aaaa00 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(170,170,0) |
| RGB Percentage | 50%, 50%, 0% |
| CMYK | 0, 0, 66.67, 33.33 |
| HSL | hsl(60,100%,33.33%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(60,100%,66.67%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(67.4981,-15.9087,69.7298) |
| XYZ | xyz(30.9523,37.2955,5.5674) |