Asparagus Color

#77ab56

Asparagus is soft, 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 #8854a9
Complementary Color #8956aa
Color Shade: yellow green (96.71° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 50.39% (better contrasting with white)
Asparagus Color Sample
Asparagus Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #77ab56

If you're looking for a similar yellow green shade, there are some better alternatives to Asparagus Color. The Watercolour Green color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool yellow bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Vegetarian Veteran (#78945a) for more calm effect. Try Piquant Green as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#8956aa is the best complementary color to Asparagus. Violet shades generally complement the yellow green hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #77ab56 complementary color is Deluge, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid yellow, yellow green, and mid green colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Chelsea Cucumber are #a1aa56 and #56aa5f. Thus found on the left and right of #77ab56 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Olive Green and Fruit Salad colors as they work well with Asparagus.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Asparagus palette consists of #aa56a1 and #5f56aa colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#8956aa). Try Tapestry and Scampi colors in combination with #77ab56, 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 #77ab56 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 Asparagus. Thus Tapestry and Wedgewood giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Asparagus contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Deluge, Hippie Blue, and Matrix split by 90° on the color wheel. #77ab56 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. Asparagus tetradic combo consists of violet complementary color (#8956aa) and two others. The Wedgewood is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Limed Oak – 120° from the complementary Deluge. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #5677aa and #aa8a56.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #77ab56 is made of 32% red, 45% green and 23% blue. In a HSL mode Asparagus has a hue angle of 96.71°, a saturation of 33.6% and a lightness of 50.39%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #77ab56 is made of 20.39% cyan, 0% magenta, 33.33% yellow and 32.94% black ink.

HEX #77ab56
RGB Decimal rgb(119,171,86)
RGB Percentage 32%, 45%, 23%
CMYK 20.39, 0, 33.33, 32.94
HSL hsl(96.71,33.6%,50.39%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(96.71,49.71%,67.06%)
CIE-LAB lab(64.7394,-32.6434,38.1272)
XYZ xyz(23.8504,33.7196,14.0556)
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