New Bamboo is pale, warm-toned shade of warm yellow. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool blue, warm magenta or warm cyan
| Inverse Color | #52537b |
| Complementary Color | #8485ad |
| Color Shade: | warm yellow (58.54° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 59.8% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to New Bamboo Color. The Wells Grey color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a orange bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Gurkha (#989171) for more calm effect. Try Peapod Green as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#8485ad is the best complementary color to New Bamboo. 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 #adac84 complementary color is Wild Blue Yonder, 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 Hillary are #ad9784 and #99ad84. Thus found on the left and right of #adac84 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Sandrift and Sage colors as they work well with New Bamboo.
The split-complementary New Bamboo palette consists of #9784ad and #8499ad colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#8485ad). Try Amethyst Smoke and Bali Hai colors in combination with #adac84, 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 #adac84 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 New Bamboo. Thus Amethyst Smoke and Gulf Stream giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of New Bamboo contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Wild Blue Yonder, Bay Leaf, and Bouquet split by 90° on the color wheel. #adac84 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. New Bamboo tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#8485ad) and two others. The Gulf Stream is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Pharlap – 120° from the complementary Wild Blue Yonder. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #84adac and #ad8485.
In a RGB color space, hex #adac84 is made of 36% red, 36% green and 28% blue. In a HSL mode New Bamboo has a hue angle of 58.54°, a saturation of 20% and a lightness of 59.8%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #adac84 is made of 0% cyan, 0.39% magenta, 16.08% yellow and 32.16% black ink.
| HEX | #adac84 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(173,172,132) |
| RGB Percentage | 36%, 36%, 28% |
| CMYK | 0, 0.39, 16.08, 32.16 |
| HSL | hsl(58.54,20%,59.8%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(58.54,23.7%,67.84%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(69.5088,-6.3042,20.7692) |
| XYZ | xyz(36.151,40.0552,27.6559) |