Frog's Legs Color

#8c8449

Frog's Legs 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 #737bb6
Complementary Color #49518c
Color Shade: warm yellow (52.84° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 41.76% (better contrasting with white)
Frog's Legs Color Sample
Frog's Legs Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #8c8449

If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Frog's Legs Color. The Gothic Revival Green color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a orange bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Trough Shell (#726d40) for more calm effect. Try Trim as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#49518c is the best complementary color to Frog's Legs. 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 #8c8449 complementary color is East Bay, 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 Shadow are #8c6249 and #728c49. Thus found on the left and right of #8c8449 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Spicy Mix and Dingley colors as they work well with Frog's Legs.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Frog's Legs palette consists of #62498c and #49728c colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#49518c). Try Butterfly Bush and Bismark colors in combination with #8c8449, 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 #8c8449 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 Frog's Legs. Thus Affair and Faded Jade giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Frog's Legs contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary East Bay, Fruit Salad, and Cannon Pink split by 90° on the color wheel. #8c8449 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. Frog's Legs tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#49518c) and two others. The Faded Jade is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Copper Rust – 120° from the complementary East Bay. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #498c84 and #8c4951.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #8c8449 is made of 41% red, 38% green and 21% blue. In a HSL mode Frog's Legs has a hue angle of 52.84°, a saturation of 31.46% and a lightness of 41.76%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #8c8449 is made of 0% cyan, 3.14% magenta, 26.27% yellow and 45.1% black ink.

HEX #8c8449
RGB Decimal rgb(140,132,73)
RGB Percentage 41%, 38%, 21%
CMYK 0, 3.14, 26.27, 45.1
HSL hsl(52.84,31.46%,41.76%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(52.84,47.86%,54.9%)
CIE-LAB lab(54.6152,-5.6528,32.7674)
XYZ xyz(20.2691,22.559,9.5894)
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