Spice Garden is pale, warm-toned shade of cool yellow. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with warm blue, cool red or cool cyan
| Inverse Color | #36294b |
| Complementary Color | #c1b4d5 |
| Color Shade: | cool yellow (82.94° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 77.25% (better contrasting with black) |
If you're looking for a similar cool yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Spice Garden Color. The Greening color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid yellow bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Whisper Green (#e0e6d7) for more calm effect. Try Water Lily as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#c1b4d5 is the best complementary color to Spice Garden. 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 #c9d6b4 complementary color is Lavender Gray, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of warm yellow, cool yellow, and warm green colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Green Mist are #d5d2b4 and #b8d5b4. Thus found on the left and right of #c9d6b4 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Green Mist and Pixie Green colors as they work well with Spice Garden.
The split-complementary Spice Garden palette consists of #d2b4d5 and #b4b8d5 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#c1b4d5). Try London Hue and Lavender Gray colors in combination with #c9d6b4, 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 #c9d6b4 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 Spice Garden. Thus Lily and Casper giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Spice Garden contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Lavender Gray, Jet Stream, and Clam Shell split by 90° on the color wheel. #c9d6b4 square combo is a palette of cool yellow, warm cyan, warm blue and cool red shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Spice Garden tetradic combo consists of warm blue complementary color (#c1b4d5) and two others. The Casper is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Clam Shell – 120° from the complementary Lavender Gray. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #b4c8d5 and #d5c1b4.
In a RGB color space, hex #c9d6b4 is made of 34% red, 36% green and 30% blue. In a HSL mode Spice Garden has a hue angle of 82.94°, a saturation of 29.31% and a lightness of 77.25%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #c9d6b4 is made of 5.1% cyan, 0% magenta, 13.33% yellow and 16.08% black ink.
| HEX | #c9d6b4 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(201,214,180) |
| RGB Percentage | 34%, 36%, 30% |
| CMYK | 5.1, 0, 13.33, 16.08 |
| HSL | hsl(82.94,29.31%,77.25%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(82.94,15.89%,83.92%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(83.8646,-10.3579,15.3256) |
| XYZ | xyz(56.3722,63.8059,52.5247) |