North Woods Color

#555a51

North Woods 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 #aaa5ae
Complementary Color #56515a
Color Shade: yellow green (93.33° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 33.53% (better contrasting with white)
North Woods Color Sample
North Woods Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #555a51

If you're looking for a similar yellow green shade, there are some better alternatives to North Woods Color. The Royal Orchard 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 saturated alternative called Bracken Green (#626f5d) for more energetic effect. Try Laurel Garland as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#56515a is the best complementary color to North Woods. Violet shades generally complement the yellow green hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #555a51 complementary color is Scarpa Flow, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid yellow, yellow green, and warm green colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Siam are #595a51 and #515a51. Thus found on the left and right of #555a51 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Fuscous Gray and Nandor colors as they work well with North Woods.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary North Woods palette consists of #5a5159 and #51515a colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#56515a). Try Don Juan and Scarpa Flow colors in combination with #555a51, 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 #555a51 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 North Woods. Thus Don Juan and Abbey giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of North Woods contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Scarpa Flow, Abbey, and Don Juan split by 90° on the color wheel. #555a51 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. North Woods tetradic combo consists of violet complementary color (#56515a) and two others. The Abbey is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Fuscous Gray – 120° from the complementary Scarpa Flow. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #51555a and #5a5651.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #555a51 is made of 33% red, 35% green and 32% blue. In a HSL mode North Woods has a hue angle of 93.33°, a saturation of 5.26% and a lightness of 33.53%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #555a51 is made of 1.96% cyan, 0% magenta, 3.53% yellow and 64.71% black ink.

HEX #555a51
RGB Decimal rgb(85,90,81)
RGB Percentage 33%, 35%, 32%
CMYK 1.96, 0, 3.53, 64.71
HSL hsl(93.33,5.26%,33.53%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(93.33,10%,35.29%)
CIE-LAB lab(37.5496,-3.8724,4.5172)
XYZ xyz(8.8877,9.8377,9.215)
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