Mesa Verde Color

#7f976c

Mesa Verde is pale, 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 #806893
Complementary Color #836b97
Color Shade: yellow green (93.49° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 50.78% (better contrasting with white)
Mesa Verde Color Sample
Mesa Verde Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #7f976c

If you're looking for a similar yellow green shade, there are some better alternatives to Mesa Verde Color. The Dollar color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool yellow bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called False Cypress (#939b88) for more calm effect. Try Gazebo Green as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#836b97 is the best complementary color to Mesa Verde. Violet shades generally complement the yellow green hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #7f976c complementary color is Trendy Pink, 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 Battleship Gray are #94976b and #6b976e. Thus found on the left and right of #7f976c on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Avocado and Laurel colors as they work well with Mesa Verde.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Mesa Verde palette consists of #976b94 and #6e6b97 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#836b97). Try Strikemaster and Kimberly colors in combination with #7f976c, 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 #7f976c 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 Mesa Verde. Thus Strikemaster and Lynch giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Mesa Verde contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Trendy Pink, Juniper, and Copper Rose split by 90° on the color wheel. #7f976c 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. Mesa Verde tetradic combo consists of violet complementary color (#836b97) and two others. The Lynch is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Arrowtown – 120° from the complementary Trendy Pink. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #6b7e97 and #97836b.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #7f976c is made of 33% red, 39% green and 28% blue. In a HSL mode Mesa Verde has a hue angle of 93.49°, a saturation of 17.13% and a lightness of 50.78%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #7f976c is made of 9.42% cyan, 0% magenta, 16.87% yellow and 40.78% black ink.

HEX #7f976c
RGB Decimal rgb(127,151,108)
RGB Percentage 33%, 39%, 28%
CMYK 9.42, 0, 16.87, 40.78
HSL hsl(93.49,17.13%,50.78%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(93.49,28.48%,59.22%)
CIE-LAB lab(59.6422,-16.6223,19.9404)
XYZ xyz(22.5258,27.728,18.3522)
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