Tame Thyme is pale, warm-toned shade of warm yellow. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool blue, red magenta or warm cyan
Inverse Color | #3a3a53 |
Complementary Color | #acacc5 |
Color Shade: | warm yellow (60° hue) |
Color Temperature: | warm |
Lightness: | 72.35% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Tame Thyme Color. The Aloe Plant color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a orange bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Wandering Willow (#a6a897) for more calm effect. Try Kefir as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#acacc5 is the best complementary color to Tame Thyme. Cool blue shades generally complement the warm yellow hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #c5c5ac complementary color is Cadet Blue, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of warm red, warm yellow, and yellow green colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Foggy Gray are #c5b8ac and #b8c5ac. Thus found on the left and right of #c5c5ac on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Bison Hide and Rainee colors as they work well with Tame Thyme.
The split-complementary Tame Thyme palette consists of #b8acc5 and #acb8c5 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#acacc5). Try Chatelle and Cadet Blue colors in combination with #c5c5ac, 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 #c5c5ac offers a combination of cool magenta and warm cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Tame Thyme. Thus Lily and Opal giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Tame Thyme contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Cadet Blue, Opal, and Lily split by 90° on the color wheel. #c5c5ac square combo is a palette of warm yellow, cool green, cool 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. Tame Thyme tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#acacc5) and two others. The Opal is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Cold Turkey – 120° from the complementary Cadet Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #acc5c5 and #c5acac.
In a RGB color space, hex #c5c5ac is made of 35% red, 35% green and 30% blue. In a HSL mode Tame Thyme has a hue angle of 60°, a saturation of 17.73% and a lightness of 72.35%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #c5c5ac is made of 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 9.8% yellow and 22.75% black ink.
HEX | #c5c5ac |
RGB Decimal | rgb(197,197,172) |
RGB Percentage | 35%, 35%, 30% |
CMYK | 0, 0, 9.8, 22.75 |
HSL | hsl(60,17.73%,72.35%) |
HSV (or HSB) | hsv(60,12.69%,77.25%) |
CIE-LAB | lab(78.9152,-4.313,12.5552) |
XYZ | xyz(50.4386,54.7814,46.9452) |