Tool Green Color

#7f7711

Tool Green is soft, warm-toned shade of warm yellow. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool blue, warm magenta or warm cyan

Inverse Color #8088ee
Complementary Color #11187e
Color Shade: warm yellow (55.64° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 28.24% (better contrasting with white)
Tool Green Color Sample
Tool Green Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #7f7711

If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Tool Green Color. The Captain Kirk color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a orange bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Offbeat Green (#9c8b1f) for more calm effect. Try Greenish Brown as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#11187e is the best complementary color to Tool Green. Cool blue shades generally complement the warm yellow hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #7f7711 complementary color is Deep Koamaru, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm red, warm yellow, and cool yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Olivetone are #7e4011 and #507e11. Thus found on the left and right of #7f7711 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Copper Canyon and Green Leaf colors as they work well with Tool Green.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Tool Green palette consists of #3f117e and #11507e colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#11187e). Try Persian Indigo and Chathams Blue colors in combination with #7f7711, 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 #7f7711 offers a combination of cool magenta and warm cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Tool Green. Thus Seance and Surfie Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Tool Green contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Deep Koamaru, Jewel, and Disco split by 90° on the color wheel. #7f7711 square combo is a palette of warm yellow, cool green, cool blue and warm magenta 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. Tool Green tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#11187e) and two others. The Surfie Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Falu Red – 120° from the complementary Deep Koamaru. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #117e77 and #7e1118.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #7f7711 is made of 48% red, 45% green and 6% blue. In a HSL mode Tool Green has a hue angle of 55.64°, a saturation of 76.39% and a lightness of 28.24%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #7f7711 is made of 0% cyan, 3.13% magenta, 43.13% yellow and 50.2% black ink.

HEX #7f7711
RGB Decimal rgb(127,119,17)
RGB Percentage 48%, 45%, 6%
CMYK 0, 3.13, 43.13, 50.2
HSL hsl(55.64,76.39%,28.24%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(55.64,86.61%,49.8%)
CIE-LAB lab(49.1868,-8.0982,51.0503)
XYZ xyz(15.4504,17.7461,3.1413)
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