Candy Green Color

#33cc00

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

Inverse Color #c3f
Complementary Color #90c
Color Shade: yellow green (105° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 40% (better contrasting with white)
Candy Green Color Sample
Candy Green Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #33cc00

If you're looking for a similar yellow green shade, there are some better alternatives to Candy Green Color. The Nuclear Meltdown 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 Furious Frog (#55ee00) for more calm effect. Try Early Dew as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#90c is the best complementary color to Candy 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 #3c0 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 #9c0 and #0c3. Thus found on the left and right of #3c0 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching White and White colors as they work well with Candy Green.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Candy Green palette consists of #cc0098 and #30c colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#90c). Try Hollywood Cerise and White colors in combination with #3c0, 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 #3c0 offers a combination of cool red and cool blue shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Candy Green. Thus Monza and International Klein Blue giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Candy Green contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary White, White, and White split by 90° on the color wheel. #3c0 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. Candy Green tetradic combo consists of violet complementary color (#90c) and two others. The International Klein 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 #0032cc and #c90.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #33cc00 is made of 20% red, 80% green and 0% blue. In a HSL mode Candy Green has a hue angle of 105°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 40%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #33cc00 is made of 60% cyan, 0% magenta, 80% yellow and 20% black ink.

HEX #33cc00
RGB Decimal rgb(51,204,0)
RGB Percentage 20%, 80%, 0%
CMYK 60, 0, 80, 20
HSL hsl(105,100%,40%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(105,100%,80%)
CIE-LAB lab(72.1546,-68.5882,70.8848)
XYZ xyz(22.9581,43.8895,7.2615)
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