Nylon Color

#e9e3cb

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

Inverse Color #161c34
Complementary Color #cbd1e8
Color Shade: warm yellow (48° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 85.49% (better contrasting with black)
Nylon Color Sample
Nylon Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #e9e3cb

If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Nylon Color. The Buckwheat Groats color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a orange bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Foothills (#e1cfa5) for more energetic effect. Try Garden Glade as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#cbd1e8 is the best complementary color to Nylon. 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 #e9e3cb complementary color is Periwinkle Gray, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm red, warm yellow, and cool yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Aths Special are #e8d3cb and #e0e8cb. Thus found on the left and right of #e9e3cb on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Oyster Pink and Beryl Green colors as they work well with Nylon.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Nylon palette consists of #d4cbe8 and #cbdfe8 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#cbd1e8). Try Prelude and Botticelli colors in combination with #e9e3cb, 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 #e9e3cb 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 Nylon. Thus Snuff and Skeptic giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Nylon contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Periwinkle Gray, Skeptic, and Melanie split by 90° on the color wheel. #e9e3cb square combo is a palette of warm yellow, cool green, cool blue and warm 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. Nylon tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#cbd1e8) and two others. The Skeptic is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Oyster Pink – 120° from the complementary Periwinkle Gray. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #cbe8e3 and #e8cbd1.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #e9e3cb is made of 35% red, 34% green and 31% blue. In a HSL mode Nylon has a hue angle of 48°, a saturation of 40.54% and a lightness of 85.49%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #e9e3cb is made of 0% cyan, 2.35% magenta, 11.76% yellow and 8.63% black ink.

HEX #e9e3cb
RGB Decimal rgb(233,227,203)
RGB Percentage 35%, 34%, 31%
CMYK 0, 2.35, 11.76, 8.63
HSL hsl(48,40.54%,85.49%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(48,12.88%,91.37%)
CIE-LAB lab(90.125,-1.9526,12.4459)
XYZ xyz(71.8528,76.5736,67.493)
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