Pine Crush 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 | #48475a |
| Complementary Color | #a5a4b8 |
| Color Shade: | mid yellow (63.16° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 68.43% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar mid yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Pine Crush Color. The Spotted Dove color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm yellow bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Snowglory (#c8c8c4) for more calm effect. Try Charon as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#a5a4b8 is the best complementary color to Pine Crush. 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 #b7b8a5 complementary color is Santas Gray, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
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 #b8afa4 and #adb8a4. Thus found on the left and right of #b7b8a5 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Nomad and Eagle colors as they work well with Pine Crush.
The split-complementary Pine Crush palette consists of #afa4b8 and #a4adb8 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#a5a4b8). Try Amethyst Smoke and Hit Gray colors in combination with #b7b8a5, 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 #b7b8a5 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 Pine Crush. Thus Shady Lady and Tower Gray giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Pine Crush contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Santas Gray, Edward, and Pink Swan split by 90° on the color wheel. #b7b8a5 square combo is a palette of mid yellow, green cyan, mid blue and red magenta shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Pine Crush tetradic combo consists of mid blue complementary color (#a5a4b8) and two others. The Tower Gray is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Martini – 120° from the complementary Santas Gray. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #a4b7b8 and #b8a5a4.
In a RGB color space, hex #b7b8a5 is made of 34% red, 35% green and 31% blue. In a HSL mode Pine Crush has a hue angle of 63.16°, a saturation of 11.8% and a lightness of 68.43%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #b7b8a5 is made of 0.4% cyan, 0% magenta, 7.45% yellow and 27.84% black ink.
| HEX | #b7b8a5 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(183,184,165) |
| RGB Percentage | 34%, 35%, 31% |
| CMYK | 0.4, 0, 7.45, 27.84 |
| HSL | hsl(63.16,11.8%,68.43%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(63.16,10.33%,72.16%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(74.2312,-3.7257,9.5323) |
| XYZ | xyz(43.4605,47.0649,42.3911) |