Chalet Green Color

#5a6e41

Chalet Green 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 #a591be
Complementary Color #54416e
Color Shade: cool yellow (86.67° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 34.31% (better contrasting with white)
Chalet Green Color Sample
Chalet Green Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #5a6e41

If you're looking for a similar cool yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Chalet Green Color. The Knarloc Green color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid yellow bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Trefoil (#47562f) for more energetic effect. Try Oriental Olive as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#54416e is the best complementary color to Chalet Green. 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 #5a6e41 complementary color is Mulled Wine, 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 Dingley are #6e6b41 and #436e41. Thus found on the left and right of #5a6e41 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Hemlock and Fern Green colors as they work well with Chalet Green.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Chalet Green palette consists of #6b416e and #41436e colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#54416e). Try Voodoo and Fiord colors in combination with #5a6e41, 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 #5a6e41 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 Chalet Green. Thus Eggplant and Fiord giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Chalet Green contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Mulled Wine, William, and Congo Brown split by 90° on the color wheel. #5a6e41 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. Chalet Green tetradic combo consists of warm blue complementary color (#54416e) and two others. The Fiord is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Tobacco Brown – 120° from the complementary Mulled Wine. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #41596e and #6e5541.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #5a6e41 is made of 34% red, 42% green and 25% blue. In a HSL mode Chalet Green has a hue angle of 86.67°, a saturation of 25.71% and a lightness of 34.31%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #5a6e41 is made of 7.85% cyan, 0% magenta, 17.65% yellow and 56.86% black ink.

HEX #5a6e41
RGB Decimal rgb(90,110,65)
RGB Percentage 34%, 42%, 25%
CMYK 7.85, 0, 17.65, 56.86
HSL hsl(86.67,25.71%,34.31%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(86.67,40.91%,43.14%)
CIE-LAB lab(43.81,-16.0259,22.6949)
XYZ xyz(10.7465,13.7072,7.0804)
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