Chili Green Color

#8d7040

Chili Green is calm, warm-toned shade of orange. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with blue cyan, mid magenta or green cyan

Inverse Color #728fbf
Complementary Color #405d8d
Color Shade: orange (37.4° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 40.2% (better contrasting with white)
Chili Green Color Sample
Chili Green Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #8d7040

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Chili Green Color. The Teak color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Amber Romance (#b18140) for more energetic effect. Try Bali Batik as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#405d8d is the best complementary color to Chili Green. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #8d7040 complementary color is Chambray, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid red, orange, and mid yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Cape Palliser are #8d4940 and #838d40. Thus found on the left and right of #8d7040 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Ironstone and Sycamore colors as they work well with Chili Green.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Chili Green palette consists of #49408d and #40838d colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#405d8d). Try Victoria and Ming colors in combination with #8d7040, 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 #8d7040 offers a combination of violet and green cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Chili Green. Thus Affair and Viridian giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Chili Green contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Chambray, Goblin, and Cannon Pink split by 90° on the color wheel. #8d7040 square combo is a palette of orange, mid green, blue cyan and mid 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. Chili Green tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#405d8d) and two others. The Viridian is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Cannon Pink – 120° from the complementary Chambray. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #408d70 and #8d405c.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #8d7040 is made of 44% red, 35% green and 20% blue. In a HSL mode Chili Green has a hue angle of 37.4°, a saturation of 37.56% and a lightness of 40.2%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #8d7040 is made of 0% cyan, 11.37% magenta, 30.19% yellow and 44.71% black ink.

HEX #8d7040
RGB Decimal rgb(141,112,64)
RGB Percentage 44%, 35%, 20%
CMYK 0, 11.37, 30.19, 44.71
HSL hsl(37.4,37.56%,40.2%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(37.4,54.61%,55.29%)
CIE-LAB lab(49.0334,5.2332,30.8087)
XYZ xyz(17.7041,17.6212,7.3186)
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