Aubergine Green Color

#8b762c

Aubergine Green is calm, 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 #7489d3
Complementary Color #2c408a
Color Shade: warm yellow (46.74° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 35.88% (better contrasting with white)
Aubergine Green Color Sample
Aubergine Green Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #8b762c

If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Aubergine Green Color. The Kumera color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a orange bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Birdseye (#ab823d) for more calm effect. Try Reef Gold as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#2c408a is the best complementary color to Aubergine 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 #8b762c complementary color is Bay of Many, 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 Crete are #8a462c and #708a2c. Thus found on the left and right of #8b762c on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Mule Fawn and Wasabi colors as they work well with Aubergine Green.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Aubergine Green palette consists of #462c8a and #2c708a colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#2c408a). Try Minsk and Calypso colors in combination with #8b762c, 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 #8b762c 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 Aubergine Green. Thus Eminence and Lochinvar giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Aubergine Green contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Bay of Many, Sea Green, and Plum split by 90° on the color wheel. #8b762c 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. Aubergine Green tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#2c408a) and two others. The Lochinvar is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Stiletto – 120° from the complementary Bay of Many. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #2c8a76 and #8a2c40.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #8b762c is made of 46% red, 39% green and 15% blue. In a HSL mode Aubergine Green has a hue angle of 46.74°, a saturation of 51.91% and a lightness of 35.88%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #8b762c is made of 0% cyan, 8.24% magenta, 37.26% yellow and 45.49% black ink.

HEX #8b762c
RGB Decimal rgb(139,118,44)
RGB Percentage 46%, 39%, 15%
CMYK 0, 8.24, 37.26, 45.49
HSL hsl(46.74,51.91%,35.88%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(46.74,68.35%,54.51%)
CIE-LAB lab(50.2487,-0.6711,42.3557)
XYZ xyz(17.5805,18.6277,5.0518)
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