Keen Green Color

#226600

Keen Green is deep, warm-toned shade of yellow green. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with violet, mid red or blue cyan

Inverse Color #d9f
Complementary Color #406
Color Shade: yellow green (100° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 20% (better contrasting with white)
Keen Green Color Sample
Keen Green Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #226600

If you're looking for a similar yellow green shade, there are some better alternatives to Keen Green Color. The Tatzelwurm Green color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool yellow bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Botanical Beauty (#227700) for more calm effect. Try Donegal Green as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#406 is the best complementary color to Keen Green. Violet shades generally complement the yellow green hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #260 complementary color is White, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid yellow, yellow green, and mid green colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of White are #546600 and #061. Thus found on the left and right of #260 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Verdun Green and White colors as they work well with Keen Green.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Keen Green palette consists of #660054 and #100066 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#406). Try Pompadour and Paua colors in combination with #260, 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 #260 offers a combination of red magenta and blue cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Keen Green. Thus Bordeaux and Midnight Blue giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Keen Green contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary White, Blue Stone, and White split by 90° on the color wheel. #260 square combo is a palette of yellow green, mid cyan, violet and mid red 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. Keen Green tetradic combo consists of violet complementary color (#406) and two others. The Midnight Blue is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and White – 120° from the complementary White. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #002166 and #640.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #226600 is made of 25% red, 75% green and 0% blue. In a HSL mode Keen Green has a hue angle of 100°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 20%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #226600 is made of 26.67% cyan, 0% magenta, 40% yellow and 60% black ink.

HEX #226600
RGB Decimal rgb(34,102,0)
RGB Percentage 25%, 75%, 0%
CMYK 26.67, 0, 40, 60
HSL hsl(100,100%,20%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(100,100%,40%)
CIE-LAB lab(37.5588,-38.5105,43.2064)
XYZ xyz(5.4111,9.8428,1.6147)
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