Crocodile Tears is pale, warm-toned shade of warm yellow. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with cool blue, red magenta or mid cyan
| Inverse Color | #292964 |
| Complementary Color | #9b9bd6 |
| Color Shade: | warm yellow (60° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 72.35% (better contrasting with black) |
If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Crocodile Tears Color. The Slippery Moss color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a orange bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Spring Day (#dbd7b7) for more calm effect. Try Soft Vellum as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#9b9bd6 is the best complementary color to Crocodile Tears. 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 #d6d69b complementary color is Cold Purple, 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 Winter Hazel are #d6b89b and #b8d69b. Thus found on the left and right of #d6d69b on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Cameo and Pine Glade colors as they work well with Crocodile Tears.
The split-complementary Crocodile Tears palette consists of #b89bd6 and #9bb8d6 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#9b9bd6). Try Cold Purple and Polo Blue colors in combination with #d6d69b, 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 #d6d69b offers a combination of mid magenta and mid cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Crocodile Tears. Thus Light Orchid and Sinbad giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Crocodile Tears contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Cold Purple, Vista Blue, and Careys Pink split by 90° on the color wheel. #d6d69b 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. Crocodile Tears tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#9b9bd6) and two others. The Sinbad is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Can Can – 120° from the complementary Cold Purple. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #9bd5d6 and #d69b9b.
In a RGB color space, hex #d6d69b is made of 37% red, 37% green and 27% blue. In a HSL mode Crocodile Tears has a hue angle of 60°, a saturation of 41.84% and a lightness of 72.35%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #d6d69b is made of 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 23.14% yellow and 16.08% black ink.
| HEX | #d6d69b |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(214,214,155) |
| RGB Percentage | 37%, 37%, 27% |
| CMYK | 0, 0, 23.14, 16.08 |
| HSL | hsl(60,41.84%,72.35%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(60,27.57%,83.92%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(84.3578,-9.2241,29.2337) |
| XYZ | xyz(57.6945,64.7558,40.4686) |