Desert Pear is pale, warm-toned shade of mid yellow. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with mid blue, red magenta or mid cyan
| Inverse Color | #555165 |
| Complementary Color | #9e9aad |
| Color Shade: | mid yellow (72° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 64.31% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar mid yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Desert Pear Color. The Everlasting Sage color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm yellow bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Eyre (#8f9482) for more calm effect. Try Delta as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#9e9aad is the best complementary color to Desert Pear. Mid blue shades generally complement the mid yellow hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #aaae9a complementary color is Santas Gray, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of orange, mid yellow, and yellow green colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Bud are #ada89a and #9fad9a. Thus found on the left and right of #aaae9a on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Napa and Bud colors as they work well with Desert Pear.
The split-complementary Desert Pear palette consists of #a79aad and #9a9fad colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#9e9aad). Try Amethyst Smoke and Santas Gray colors in combination with #aaae9a, 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 #aaae9a 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 Desert Pear. Thus Shady Lady and Hit Gray giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Desert Pear contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Santas Gray, Pewter, and Dusty Gray split by 90° on the color wheel. #aaae9a square combo is a palette of mid yellow, green cyan, mid 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. Desert Pear tetradic combo consists of mid blue complementary color (#9e9aad) and two others. The Hit Gray is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Martini – 120° from the complementary Santas Gray. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #9aa9ad and #ad9e9a.
In a RGB color space, hex #aaae9a is made of 34% red, 35% green and 31% blue. In a HSL mode Desert Pear has a hue angle of 72°, a saturation of 10.99% and a lightness of 64.31%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #aaae9a is made of 1.57% cyan, 0% magenta, 7.85% yellow and 31.76% black ink.
| HEX | #aaae9a |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(170,174,154) |
| RGB Percentage | 34%, 35%, 31% |
| CMYK | 1.57, 0, 7.85, 31.76 |
| HSL | hsl(72,10.99%,64.31%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(72,11.49%,68.24%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.2818,-5.0334,9.7824) |
| XYZ | xyz(37.5464,41.1512,36.5359) |