Sweater Weather Color

#ccccc5

Sweater Weather is pale, warm-toned shade of warm yellow. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with cool blue, red magenta or warm cyan

Inverse Color #33333a
Complementary Color #c5c5cc
Color Shade: warm yellow (60° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 78.63% (better contrasting with black)
Sweater Weather Color Sample
Sweater Weather Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #ccccc5

If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Sweater Weather Color. The Steam Engine color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a orange bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Kidnapper (#bfc0ab) for more energetic effect. Try New Neutral as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#c5c5cc is the best complementary color to Sweater Weather. 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 #ccccc5 complementary color is French Gray, 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 Celeste are #ccc8c5 and #c8ccc5. Thus found on the left and right of #ccccc5 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Cloud and Kangaroo colors as they work well with Sweater Weather.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Sweater Weather palette consists of #c8c5cc and #c5c8cc colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#c5c5cc). Try Gray Suit and Silver Sand colors in combination with #ccccc5, 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 #ccccc5 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 Sweater Weather. Thus Pale Slate and Tiara giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Sweater Weather contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary French Gray, Pumice, and Pale Slate split by 90° on the color wheel. #ccccc5 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. Sweater Weather tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#c5c5cc) and two others. The Tiara is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Silver – 120° from the complementary French Gray. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #c5cccc and #ccc5c5.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #ccccc5 is made of 34% red, 34% green and 33% blue. In a HSL mode Sweater Weather has a hue angle of 60°, a saturation of 6.42% and a lightness of 78.63%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ccccc5 is made of 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 2.75% yellow and 20% black ink.

HEX #ccccc5
RGB Decimal rgb(204,204,197)
RGB Percentage 34%, 34%, 33%
CMYK 0, 0, 2.75, 20
HSL hsl(60,6.42%,78.63%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(60,3.43%,80%)
CIE-LAB lab(81.8677,-1.2529,3.4736)
XYZ xyz(56.5727,60.0543,61.4333)
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