Green Leaf Color

#526b2d

Green Leaf is calm, 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 #ad94d2
Complementary Color #452c6b
Color Shade: cool yellow (84.19° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 29.8% (better contrasting with white)
Green Leaf Color Sample
Green Leaf Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #526b2d

If you're looking for a similar cool yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Green Leaf Color. The Healing Plant color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid yellow bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Dirty Green (#667e2c) for more energetic effect. Try Moss Landing as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#452c6b is the best complementary color to Green Leaf. 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 #526b2d complementary color is Jacarta, 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 Woodland are #6b652c and #326b2c. Thus found on the left and right of #526b2d on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Pesto and Killarney colors as they work well with Green Leaf.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Green Leaf palette consists of #642c6b and #2c326b colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#452c6b). Try Eminence and Jacarta colors in combination with #526b2d, 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 #526b2d 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 Leaf. Thus Finn and San Juan giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Green Leaf contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Jacarta, Casal, and Buccaneer split by 90° on the color wheel. #526b2d 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 Leaf tetradic combo consists of warm blue complementary color (#452c6b) and two others. The San Juan is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Spice – 120° from the complementary Jacarta. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #2c526b and #6b462c.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #526b2d is made of 35% red, 46% green and 19% blue. In a HSL mode Green Leaf has a hue angle of 84.19°, a saturation of 40.79% and a lightness of 29.8%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #526b2d is made of 9.8% cyan, 0% magenta, 24.31% yellow and 58.04% black ink.

HEX #526b2d
RGB Decimal rgb(82,107,45)
RGB Percentage 35%, 46%, 19%
CMYK 9.8, 0, 24.31, 58.04
HSL hsl(84.19,40.79%,29.8%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(84.19,57.94%,41.96%)
CIE-LAB lab(41.998,-20.3271,31.3143)
XYZ xyz(9.211,12.4987,4.4096)
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