Weathered Moss 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 | #45444c |
| Complementary Color | #b3b2bb |
| Color Shade: | mid yellow (67.5° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 71.76% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar mid yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Weathered Moss Color. The Charmed Chalice color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm yellow bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Applegate Park (#aead93) for more energetic effect. Try Star Dust as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#b3b2bb is the best complementary color to Weathered Moss. 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 #babbb3 complementary color is Spun Pearl, 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 Gray Nickel are #bbb7b2 and #b5bbb2. Thus found on the left and right of #babbb3 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Tide and Green Spring colors as they work well with Weathered Moss.
The split-complementary Weathered Moss palette consists of #b7b2bb and #b2b5bb colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#b3b2bb). Try Chatelle and Bombay colors in combination with #babbb3, 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 #babbb3 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 Weathered Moss. Thus Pale Slate and Silver Sand giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Weathered Moss contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Spun Pearl, Powder Ash, and Pink Swan split by 90° on the color wheel. #babbb3 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. Weathered Moss tetradic combo consists of mid blue complementary color (#b3b2bb) and two others. The Silver Sand 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 #b2babb and #bbb3b2.
In a RGB color space, hex #babbb3 is made of 34% red, 34% green and 32% blue. In a HSL mode Weathered Moss has a hue angle of 67.5°, a saturation of 5.56% and a lightness of 71.76%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #babbb3 is made of 0.39% cyan, 0% magenta, 3.13% yellow and 26.67% black ink.
| HEX | #babbb3 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(186,187,179) |
| RGB Percentage | 34%, 34%, 32% |
| CMYK | 0.39, 0, 3.13, 26.67 |
| HSL | hsl(67.5,5.56%,71.76%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(67.5,4.28%,73.33%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(75.5969,-1.8057,3.9158) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.1567,49.2344,49.7183) |