Mountain Spring Color

#d9e1c1

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

Inverse Color #261e3e
Complementary Color #c9c1e1
Color Shade: mid yellow (75° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 81.96% (better contrasting with black)
Mountain Spring Color Sample
Mountain Spring Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #d9e1c1

If you're looking for a similar mid yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Mountain Spring Color. The Mental Note color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm yellow bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Cucumber Ice (#cdd79d) for more energetic effect. Try Cricket Field as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#c9c1e1 is the best complementary color to Mountain Spring. Mid blue shades generally complement the mid yellow hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #d9e1c1 complementary color is Prelude, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of orange, mid yellow, and yellow green colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Beryl Green are #e1d9c1 and #c9e1c1. Thus found on the left and right of #d9e1c1 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Bone and Pixie Green colors as they work well with Mountain Spring.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Mountain Spring palette consists of #d9c1e1 and #c1c9e1 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#c9c1e1). Try Prelude and Periwinkle Gray colors in combination with #d9e1c1, 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 #d9e1c1 offers a combination of warm magenta and mid cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Mountain Spring. Thus Melanie and Ziggurat giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Mountain Spring contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Prelude, Edgewater, and Pink Flare split by 90° on the color wheel. #d9e1c1 square combo is a palette of mid yellow, green cyan, mid 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. Mountain Spring tetradic combo consists of mid blue complementary color (#c9c1e1) and two others. The Ziggurat is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Dust Storm – 120° from the complementary Prelude. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #c1d9e1 and #e1c9c1.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #d9e1c1 is made of 34% red, 35% green and 30% blue. In a HSL mode Mountain Spring has a hue angle of 75°, a saturation of 34.78% and a lightness of 81.96%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #d9e1c1 is made of 3.14% cyan, 0% magenta, 12.55% yellow and 11.76% black ink.

HEX #d9e1c1
RGB Decimal rgb(217,225,193)
RGB Percentage 34%, 35%, 30%
CMYK 3.14, 0, 12.55, 11.76
HSL hsl(75,34.78%,81.96%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(75,14.22%,88.24%)
CIE-LAB lab(88.1859,-8.1862,14.7545)
XYZ xyz(65.1661,72.4524,61.0022)
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