Humble Hippo 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 | #556 |
| Complementary Color | #99a |
| Color Shade: | warm yellow (60° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 63.33% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Humble Hippo Color. The Muted Sage 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 Gurkha (#9a9577) for more energetic effect. Try Metal Chi as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#99a is the best complementary color to Humble Hippo. 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 #aa9 complementary color is White, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of warm red, warm yellow, and yellow green colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of White are #aaa199 and #a1aa99. Thus found on the left and right of #aa9 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Bronco and Bud colors as they work well with Humble Hippo.
The split-complementary Humble Hippo palette consists of #a199aa and #99a1aa colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#99a). Try Amethyst Smoke and Gray Chateau colors in combination with #aa9, 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 #aa9 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 Humble Hippo. Thus White and White giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Humble Hippo contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary White, Pewter, and Dusty Gray split by 90° on the color wheel. #aa9 square combo is a palette of warm yellow, cool green, cool blue and red magenta shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Humble Hippo tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#99a) and two others. The White 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 #9aa and #a99.
In a RGB color space, hex #aaaa99 is made of 34% red, 34% green and 31% blue. In a HSL mode Humble Hippo has a hue angle of 60°, a saturation of 9.09% and a lightness of 63.33%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #aaaa99 is made of 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 6.67% yellow and 33.33% black ink.
| HEX | #aaaa99 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(170,170,153) |
| RGB Percentage | 34%, 34%, 31% |
| CMYK | 0, 0, 6.67, 33.33 |
| HSL | hsl(60,9.09%,63.33%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(60,10%,66.67%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(69.1804,-3.0568,8.7648) |
| XYZ | xyz(36.7021,39.5954,35.8453) |