Winter Squash is pale, warm-toned shade of cool yellow. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with violet, mid red or cool cyan
| Inverse Color | #534660 |
| Complementary Color | #ac9fb9 |
| Color Shade: | cool yellow (90° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 67.45% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Winter Squash Color. The Willow Green color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid yellow bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Life Lesson (#c5cabe) for more calm effect. Try Sycamore Stand as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#ac9fb9 is the best complementary color to Winter Squash. Violet shades generally complement the cool yellow hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #acb99f complementary color is Amethyst Smoke, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of warm yellow, cool yellow, and warm green colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Schist are #b9b89f and #9fb99f. Thus found on the left and right of #acb99f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Eagle and Norway colors as they work well with Winter Squash.
The split-complementary Winter Squash palette consists of #b99fb9 and #9f9fb9 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#ac9fb9). Try Lily and Santas Gray colors in combination with #acb99f, 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 #acb99f 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 Winter Squash. Thus Lily and Gull Gray giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Winter Squash contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Amethyst Smoke, Tower Gray, and Thatch split by 90° on the color wheel. #acb99f square combo is a palette of cool yellow, warm cyan, violet and mid red shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Winter Squash tetradic combo consists of violet complementary color (#ac9fb9) and two others. The Gull Gray is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Nomad – 120° from the complementary Amethyst Smoke. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #9facb9 and #b9ac9f.
In a RGB color space, hex #acb99f is made of 33% red, 36% green and 31% blue. In a HSL mode Winter Squash has a hue angle of 90°, a saturation of 15.66% and a lightness of 67.45%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #acb99f is made of 5.1% cyan, 0% magenta, 10.2% yellow and 27.45% black ink.
| HEX | #acb99f |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(172,185,159) |
| RGB Percentage | 33%, 36%, 31% |
| CMYK | 5.1, 0, 10.2, 27.45 |
| HSL | hsl(90,15.66%,67.45%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(90,14.05%,72.55%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(73.5272,-9.2721,11.6767) |
| XYZ | xyz(40.6202,45.9718,39.5334) |