Tarragon Tease Color

#b4ac84

Tarragon Tease 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 #4b537b
Complementary Color #848cb4
Color Shade: warm yellow (50° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 61.18% (better contrasting with white)
Tarragon Tease Color Sample
Tarragon Tease Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #b4ac84

If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Tarragon Tease Color. The Jogging Path 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 Grassy Savannah (#9b9279) for more calm effect. Try Weather Board as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#848cb4 is the best complementary color to Tarragon Tease. 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 #b4ac84 complementary color is Wild Blue Yonder, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm red, warm yellow, and cool yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Mongoose are #b49484 and #a3b484. Thus found on the left and right of #b4ac84 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Sandrift and Swamp Green colors as they work well with Tarragon Tease.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Tarragon Tease palette consists of #9484b4 and #84a3b4 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#848cb4). Try Lavender Purple and Bali Hai colors in combination with #b4ac84, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.

Triadic Palette

The triadic palette of #b4ac84 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 Tarragon Tease. Thus Lavender Purple and Gulf Stream giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Tarragon Tease contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Wild Blue Yonder, Bay Leaf, and Bouquet split by 90° on the color wheel. #b4ac84 square combo is a palette of warm yellow, cool green, cool blue and warm magenta shades that work together well.

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Tarragon Tease tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#848cb4) and two others. The Gulf Stream is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Brandy 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 #84b4ac and #b4848c.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #b4ac84 is made of 37% red, 36% green and 27% blue. In a HSL mode Tarragon Tease has a hue angle of 50°, a saturation of 24.24% and a lightness of 61.18%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #b4ac84 is made of 0% cyan, 3.14% magenta, 18.83% yellow and 29.41% black ink.

HEX #b4ac84
RGB Decimal rgb(180,172,132)
RGB Percentage 37%, 36%, 27%
CMYK 0, 3.14, 18.83, 29.41
HSL hsl(50,24.24%,61.18%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(50,26.67%,70.59%)
CIE-LAB lab(70.0878,-3.5682,21.6539)
XYZ xyz(37.7398,40.8743,27.7302)
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