Dry Catmint Color

#b9bdae

Dry Catmint is pale, warm-toned shade of cool yellow. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm blue, cool red or cool cyan

Inverse Color #464251
Complementary Color #b2aebd
Color Shade: cool yellow (76° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 71.18% (better contrasting with white)
Dry Catmint Color Sample
Dry Catmint Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #b9bdae

If you're looking for a similar cool yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Dry Catmint Color. The Chrysoprase color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid yellow bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Family Tree (#a7b191) for more energetic effect. Try Great Graphite as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#b2aebd is the best complementary color to Dry Catmint. Warm blue shades generally complement the cool yellow hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #b9bdae complementary color is Spun Pearl, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of orange, cool yellow, and warm green colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Eagle are #bdb9ae and #b1bdae. Thus found on the left and right of #b9bdae on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Tea and Green Spring colors as they work well with Dry Catmint.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Dry Catmint palette consists of #b9aebd and #aeb1bd colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#b2aebd). Try Chatelle and Spun Pearl colors in combination with #b9bdae, 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 #b9bdae offers a combination of warm magenta and cool cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Dry Catmint. Thus Pink Swan and Tower Gray giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Dry Catmint contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Spun Pearl, Tower Gray, and Pink Swan split by 90° on the color wheel. #b9bdae square combo is a palette of cool yellow, green cyan, warm blue and cool red 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. Dry Catmint tetradic combo consists of warm blue complementary color (#b2aebd) and two others. The Tower Gray is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Tide – 120° from the complementary Spun Pearl. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #aeb9bd and #bdb2ae.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #b9bdae is made of 34% red, 34% green and 32% blue. In a HSL mode Dry Catmint has a hue angle of 76°, a saturation of 10.2% and a lightness of 71.18%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #b9bdae is made of 1.57% cyan, 0% magenta, 5.88% yellow and 25.88% black ink.

HEX #b9bdae
RGB Decimal rgb(185,189,174)
RGB Percentage 34%, 34%, 32%
CMYK 1.57, 0, 5.88, 25.88
HSL hsl(76,10.2%,71.18%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(76,7.94%,74.12%)
CIE-LAB lab(75.9251,-4.1064,7.0909)
XYZ xyz(45.8452,49.7655,47.2338)
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