Heavy Green Color

#49583e

Heavy Green is pale, 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 #b6a7c1
Complementary Color #4d3e58
Color Shade: yellow green (94.62° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 29.41% (better contrasting with white)
Heavy Green Color Sample
Heavy Green Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #49583e

If you're looking for a similar yellow green shade, there are some better alternatives to Heavy Green Color. The Greenfield color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a cool yellow bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Vineyard Green (#5f7355) for more calm effect. Try Duffel Bag as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#4d3e58 is the best complementary color to Heavy 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 #49583e complementary color is Mulled Wine, 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 Tom Thumb are #56583e and #3e5840. Thus found on the left and right of #49583e on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Hemlock and Tom Thumb colors as they work well with Heavy Green.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Heavy Green palette consists of #583e55 and #403e58 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#4d3e58). Try Eggplant and Gun Powder colors in combination with #49583e, 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 #49583e 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 Heavy Green. Thus Eggplant and River Bed giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Heavy Green contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Mulled Wine, Limed Spruce, and Kabul split by 90° on the color wheel. #49583e 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. Heavy Green tetradic combo consists of violet complementary color (#4d3e58) and two others. The River Bed is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Kabul – 120° from the complementary Mulled Wine. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #3e4958 and #584d3e.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #49583e is made of 33% red, 39% green and 28% blue. In a HSL mode Heavy Green has a hue angle of 94.62°, a saturation of 17.33% and a lightness of 29.41%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #49583e is made of 5.88% cyan, 0% magenta, 10.2% yellow and 65.49% black ink.

HEX #49583e
RGB Decimal rgb(73,88,62)
RGB Percentage 33%, 39%, 28%
CMYK 5.88, 0, 10.2, 65.49
HSL hsl(94.62,17.33%,29.41%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(94.62,29.55%,34.51%)
CIE-LAB lab(35.4861,-11.2783,13.213)
XYZ xyz(7.1069,8.7437,5.8706)
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