Tame Thyme Color

#c5c5ac

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)
Tame Thyme Color Sample
Tame Thyme Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #c5c5ac

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.

Complementary Palette

#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.

Analogous Palette

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.

Split-complementary Palette

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.

Triadic Palette

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.

Square Palette

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.

Tetradic Palette

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.

Conversion Table

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)
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