Cottage Hill is pale, warm-toned shade of mid yellow. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with mid blue, red magenta or cool cyan
| Inverse Color | #534c68 |
| Complementary Color | #9d97b2 |
| Color Shade: | mid yellow (75° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 64.71% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar mid yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Cottage Hill Color. The Restoration 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 Smoke & Ash (#939789) for more calm effect. Try Blithe Mood as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#9d97b2 is the best complementary color to Cottage Hill. 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 #acb397 complementary color is Amethyst Smoke, 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 Schist are #b2ab97 and #9eb297. Thus found on the left and right of #acb397 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Taupe Gray and Schist colors as they work well with Cottage Hill.
The split-complementary Cottage Hill palette consists of #ab97b2 and #979eb2 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#9d97b2). Try Amethyst Smoke and Santas Gray colors in combination with #acb397, 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 #acb397 offers a combination of warm magenta and cool cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Cottage Hill. Thus Bouquet and Gull Gray giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Cottage Hill contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Amethyst Smoke, Cascade, and Dusty Gray split by 90° on the color wheel. #acb397 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. Cottage Hill tetradic combo consists of mid blue complementary color (#9d97b2) and two others. The Gull Gray is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Del Rio – 120° from the complementary Amethyst Smoke. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #97abb2 and #b29d97.
In a RGB color space, hex #acb397 is made of 34% red, 36% green and 30% blue. In a HSL mode Cottage Hill has a hue angle of 75°, a saturation of 15.56% and a lightness of 64.71%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #acb397 is made of 2.75% cyan, 0% magenta, 10.98% yellow and 29.8% black ink.
| HEX | #acb397 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(172,179,151) |
| RGB Percentage | 34%, 36%, 30% |
| CMYK | 2.75, 0, 10.98, 29.8 |
| HSL | hsl(75,15.56%,64.71%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(75,15.64%,70.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.7211,-7.4562,13.4809) |
| XYZ | xyz(38.7193,43.2452,35.5846) |