Autumn Sage 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 | #515d91 |
| Complementary Color | #6e7aae |
| Color Shade: | warm yellow (48.75° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 55.69% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Autumn Sage Color. The Treasure Chamber 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 Greek Olive (#a08650) for more energetic effect. Try Spacious Plain as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#6e7aae is the best complementary color to Autumn Sage. 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 #aea26e 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 Green Smoke are #ae826e and #9aae6e. Thus found on the left and right of #aea26e on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Sandal and Green Smoke colors as they work well with Autumn Sage.
The split-complementary Autumn Sage palette consists of #826eae and #6e99ae colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#6e7aae). Try Deluge and Bermuda Gray colors in combination with #aea26e, 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 #aea26e 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 Autumn Sage. Thus Wisteria and Acapulco giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Autumn Sage contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Wild Blue Yonder, Aqua Forest, and Bouquet split by 90° on the color wheel. #aea26e 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. Autumn Sage tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#6e7aae) and two others. The Acapulco is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Turkish Rose – 120° from the complementary Wild Blue Yonder. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #6eaea2 and #ae6e79.
In a RGB color space, hex #aea26e is made of 39% red, 36% green and 25% blue. In a HSL mode Autumn Sage has a hue angle of 48.75°, a saturation of 28.32% and a lightness of 55.69%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #aea26e is made of 0% cyan, 4.71% magenta, 25.1% yellow and 31.76% black ink.
| HEX | #aea26e |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(174,162,110) |
| RGB Percentage | 39%, 36%, 25% |
| CMYK | 0, 4.71, 25.1, 31.76 |
| HSL | hsl(48.75,28.32%,55.69%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(48.75,36.78%,68.24%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(66.4933,-3.4783,28.6456) |
| XYZ | xyz(33.1904,35.9651,19.9445) |