Heirloom Silver Color

#b5b6ad

Heirloom Silver is pale, warm-toned shade of mid yellow. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with mid blue, red magenta or mid cyan

Inverse Color #4a4952
Complementary Color #adacb6
Color Shade: mid yellow (66.67° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 69.61% (better contrasting with white)
Heirloom Silver Color Sample
Heirloom Silver Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #b5b6ad

If you're looking for a similar mid yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Heirloom Silver Color. The Bud color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm yellow bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Meadowood (#9da28e) for more energetic effect. Try Metal Chi as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#adacb6 is the best complementary color to Heirloom Silver. 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 #b5b6ad complementary color is Spun Pearl, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of orange, mid yellow, and yellow green colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Eagle are #b6b2ac and #b0b6ac. Thus found on the left and right of #b5b6ad on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Tide and Green Spring colors as they work well with Heirloom Silver.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Heirloom Silver palette consists of #b2acb6 and #acb0b6 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#adacb6). Try Chatelle and Bombay colors in combination with #b5b6ad, 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 #b5b6ad offers a combination of mid magenta and mid cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Heirloom Silver. Thus Shady Lady and Edward giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Heirloom Silver contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Spun Pearl, Edward, and Pink Swan split by 90° on the color wheel. #b5b6ad square combo is a palette of mid yellow, green cyan, mid blue and red 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. Heirloom Silver tetradic combo consists of mid blue complementary color (#adacb6) and two others. The Edward is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Nobel – 120° from the complementary Spun Pearl. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #acb5b6 and #b6adac.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #b5b6ad is made of 34% red, 34% green and 32% blue. In a HSL mode Heirloom Silver has a hue angle of 66.67°, a saturation of 5.81% and a lightness of 69.61%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #b5b6ad is made of 0.39% cyan, 0% magenta, 3.53% yellow and 28.63% black ink.

HEX #b5b6ad
RGB Decimal rgb(181,182,173)
RGB Percentage 34%, 34%, 32%
CMYK 0.39, 0, 3.53, 28.63
HSL hsl(66.67,5.81%,69.61%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(66.67,4.95%,71.37%)
CIE-LAB lab(73.7377,-1.9935,4.4456)
XYZ xyz(43.3268,46.2968,46.1878)
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