Thai Basil is calm, warm-toned shade of mid yellow. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with mid blue, red magenta or mid cyan
| Inverse Color | #8580c0 |
| Complementary Color | #433f7f |
| Color Shade: | mid yellow (64.69° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 37.25% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar mid yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Thai Basil Color. The Café de Paris color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm yellow bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Luau Green (#989746) for more energetic effect. Try Jungle Civilization as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#433f7f is the best complementary color to Thai Basil. Mid blue shades generally complement the mid yellow hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #7a7f3f complementary color is East Bay, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of orange, mid yellow, and yellow green colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Yellow Metal are #7f643f and #5a7f3f. Thus found on the left and right of #7a7f3f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Yellow Metal and Fern Green colors as they work well with Thai Basil.
The split-complementary Thai Basil palette consists of #643f7f and #3f5a7f colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#433f7f). Try Affair and East Bay colors in combination with #7a7f3f, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.
The triadic palette of #7a7f3f offers a combination of mid magenta and mid cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Thai Basil. Thus Cannon Pink and Faded Jade giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Thai Basil contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary East Bay, Viridian, and Cosmic split by 90° on the color wheel. #7a7f3f square combo is a palette of mid yellow, green cyan, mid blue and red magenta shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Thai Basil tetradic combo consists of mid blue complementary color (#433f7f) and two others. The Faded Jade is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Ironstone – 120° from the complementary East Bay. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #3f797f and #7f443f.
In a RGB color space, hex #7a7f3f is made of 39% red, 41% green and 20% blue. In a HSL mode Thai Basil has a hue angle of 64.69°, a saturation of 33.68% and a lightness of 37.25%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #7a7f3f is made of 1.96% cyan, 0% magenta, 25.09% yellow and 50.2% black ink.
| HEX | #7a7f3f |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(122,127,63) |
| RGB Percentage | 39%, 41%, 20% |
| CMYK | 1.96, 0, 25.09, 50.2 |
| HSL | hsl(64.69,33.68%,37.25%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(64.69,50.39%,49.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(51.468,-11.8156,33.8688) |
| XYZ | xyz(16.5126,19.6752,7.63) |