Palo Verde Color

#5f6356

Palo Verde 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 #a09ca9
Complementary Color #5a5663
Color Shade: cool yellow (78.46° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 36.27% (better contrasting with white)
Palo Verde Color Sample
Palo Verde Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #5f6356

If you're looking for a similar cool yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Palo Verde Color. The Egyptian Nile color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid yellow bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Gravel (#4a4b46) for more calm effect. Try Coal Miner as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#5a5663 is the best complementary color to Palo Verde. 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 #5f6356 complementary color is Scarpa Flow, 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 Siam are #636056 and #586356. Thus found on the left and right of #5f6356 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Chicago and Finlandia colors as they work well with Palo Verde.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Palo Verde palette consists of #605663 and #565863 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#5a5663). Try Salt Box and Scarpa Flow colors in combination with #5f6356, 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 #5f6356 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 Palo Verde. Thus Scorpion and Shuttle Gray giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Palo Verde contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Scarpa Flow, Corduroy, and Zambezi split by 90° on the color wheel. #5f6356 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. Palo Verde tetradic combo consists of warm blue complementary color (#5a5663) and two others. The Shuttle Gray is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Dorado – 120° from the complementary Scarpa Flow. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #565f63 and #635a56.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #5f6356 is made of 34% red, 35% green and 31% blue. In a HSL mode Palo Verde has a hue angle of 78.46°, a saturation of 7.03% and a lightness of 36.27%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #5f6356 is made of 1.57% cyan, 0% magenta, 5.09% yellow and 61.18% black ink.

HEX #5f6356
RGB Decimal rgb(95,99,86)
RGB Percentage 34%, 35%, 31%
CMYK 1.57, 0, 5.09, 61.18
HSL hsl(78.46,7.03%,36.27%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(78.46,13.13%,38.82%)
CIE-LAB lab(41.2613,-4.1855,6.8563)
XYZ xyz(10.8609,12.0285,10.5534)
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