Green Goanna Color

#505a39

Green Goanna is pale, warm-toned shade of cool yellow. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm blue, cool red or cool cyan

Inverse Color #afa5c6
Complementary Color #43395a
Color Shade: cool yellow (78.18° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 28.82% (better contrasting with white)
Green Goanna Color Sample
Green Goanna Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #505a39

If you're looking for a similar cool yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Green Goanna Color. The Crisp Capsicum color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid yellow bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Global Green (#696e51) for more calm effect. Try Country House Green as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#43395a is the best complementary color to Green Goanna. Warm blue shades generally complement the cool yellow hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #505a39 complementary color is Martinique, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm yellow, cool yellow, and warm green colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Hemlock are #5a5339 and #3f5a39. Thus found on the left and right of #505a39 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Hemlock and Tom Thumb colors as they work well with Green Goanna.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Green Goanna palette consists of #53395a and #393f5a colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#43395a). Try Voodoo and Oxford Blue colors in combination with #505a39, 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 #505a39 offers a combination of warm magenta and cool cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Green Goanna. Thus Eggplant and Oxford Blue giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Green Goanna contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Martinique, Mineral Green, and Congo Brown split by 90° on the color wheel. #505a39 square combo is a palette of cool yellow, warm cyan, warm blue and cool 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. Green Goanna tetradic combo consists of warm blue complementary color (#43395a) and two others. The Oxford Blue is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Kabul – 120° from the complementary Martinique. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #39505a and #5a4339.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #505a39 is made of 35% red, 40% green and 25% blue. In a HSL mode Green Goanna has a hue angle of 78.18°, a saturation of 22.45% and a lightness of 28.82%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #505a39 is made of 3.92% cyan, 0% magenta, 12.94% yellow and 64.71% black ink.

HEX #505a39
RGB Decimal rgb(80,90,57)
RGB Percentage 35%, 40%, 25%
CMYK 3.92, 0, 12.94, 64.71
HSL hsl(78.18,22.45%,28.82%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(78.18,36.67%,35.29%)
CIE-LAB lab(36.5805,-10.2637,17.804)
XYZ xyz(7.7029,9.3132,5.2625)
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