Knarloc Green Color

#4b5b40

Knarloc 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 #b4a4bf
Complementary Color #50405b
Color Shade: yellow green (95.56° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 30.39% (better contrasting with white)
Knarloc Green Color Sample
Knarloc Green Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #4b5b40

If you're looking for a similar yellow green shade, there are some better alternatives to Knarloc Green Color. The Deep Seaweed color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a cool yellow bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Hummingbird Green (#5b724a) for more energetic effect. Try Sensaimidori Green as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#50405b is the best complementary color to Knarloc 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 #4b5b40 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 #585b40 and #405b42. Thus found on the left and right of #4b5b40 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Finch and Tom Thumb colors as they work well with Knarloc Green.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Knarloc Green palette consists of #5b4058 and #42405b colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#50405b). Try Eggplant and Gun Powder colors in combination with #4b5b40, 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 #4b5b40 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 Knarloc Green. Thus Eggplant and River Bed giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Knarloc Green contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Mulled Wine, Limed Spruce, and Kabul split by 90° on the color wheel. #4b5b40 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. Knarloc Green tetradic combo consists of violet complementary color (#50405b) 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 #404b5b and #5b5040.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #4b5b40 is made of 33% red, 40% green and 28% blue. In a HSL mode Knarloc Green has a hue angle of 95.56°, a saturation of 17.42% and a lightness of 30.39%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #4b5b40 is made of 6.28% cyan, 0% magenta, 10.59% yellow and 64.31% black ink.

HEX #4b5b40
RGB Decimal rgb(75,91,64)
RGB Percentage 33%, 40%, 28%
CMYK 6.28, 0, 10.59, 64.31
HSL hsl(95.56,17.42%,30.39%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(95.56,29.67%,35.69%)
CIE-LAB lab(36.6462,-11.8167,13.5946)
XYZ xyz(7.5681,9.3482,6.256)
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