Spruce Yellow is calm, warm-toned shade of orange. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with blue cyan, mid magenta or green cyan
| Inverse Color | #4175b5 |
| Complementary Color | #4a7dbe |
| Color Shade: | orange (33.1° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 51.76% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Spruce Yellow Color. The Afghan Sand color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Tupelo Honey (#c0a04d) for more energetic effect. Try Baked Bean as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#4a7dbe is the best complementary color to Spruce Yellow. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #be8a4a complementary color is Steel Blue, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of mid red, orange, and mid yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Tussock are #be504a and #b8be4a. Thus found on the left and right of #be8a4a on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Chestnut and Celery colors as they work well with Spruce Yellow.
The split-complementary Spruce Yellow palette consists of #504abe and #4ab8be colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#4a7dbe). Try Blue Violet and Fountain Blue colors in combination with #be8a4a, 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 #be8a4a offers a combination of violet and green cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Spruce Yellow. Thus Fuchsia Blue and Emerald giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Spruce Yellow contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Steel Blue, Chateau Green, and Fuchsia Pink split by 90° on the color wheel. #be8a4a square combo is a palette of orange, mid green, blue cyan and mid magenta shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Spruce Yellow tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#4a7dbe) and two others. The Emerald is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Mulberry – 120° from the complementary Steel Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #4abe8a and #be4a7d.
In a RGB color space, hex #be8a4a is made of 47% red, 34% green and 18% blue. In a HSL mode Spruce Yellow has a hue angle of 33.1°, a saturation of 47.15% and a lightness of 51.76%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #be8a4a is made of 0% cyan, 20.39% magenta, 45.49% yellow and 25.49% black ink.
| HEX | #be8a4a |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(190,138,74) |
| RGB Percentage | 47%, 34%, 18% |
| CMYK | 0, 20.39, 45.49, 25.49 |
| HSL | hsl(33.1,47.15%,51.76%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(33.1,61.05%,74.51%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(61.3237,12.9411,41.5083) |
| XYZ | xyz(31.5597,29.6185,10.5321) |