Happy Tune Color

#96b957

Happy Tune is soft, warm-toned shade of cool yellow. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm blue, cool red or cool cyan

Inverse Color #6946a8
Complementary Color #7a57b9
Color Shade: cool yellow (81.43° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 53.33% (better contrasting with white)
Happy Tune Color Sample
Happy Tune Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #96b957

If you're looking for a similar cool yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Happy Tune Color. The Tree Frog Green color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid yellow bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Festival Green (#6ea43c) for more energetic effect. Try Pepper Grass as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#7a57b9 is the best complementary color to Happy Tune. Warm blue shades generally complement the cool yellow hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #96b957 complementary color is Fuchsia Blue, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm yellow, cool yellow, and warm green colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Olive Green are #b9ab57 and #65b957. Thus found on the left and right of #96b957 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Husk and Mantis colors as they work well with Happy Tune.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Happy Tune palette consists of #aa57b9 and #5764b9 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#7a57b9). Try Amethyst and Blue Violet colors in combination with #96b957, 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 #96b957 offers a combination of warm magenta and cool cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Happy Tune. Thus Tapestry and Hippie Blue giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Happy Tune contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Fuchsia Blue, Tradewind, and Cadillac split by 90° on the color wheel. #96b957 square combo is a palette of cool yellow, warm cyan, warm blue and cool 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. Happy Tune tetradic combo consists of warm blue complementary color (#7a57b9) and two others. The Hippie Blue is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Santa Fe – 120° from the complementary Fuchsia Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #5795b9 and #b97957.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #96b957 is made of 36% red, 44% green and 21% blue. In a HSL mode Happy Tune has a hue angle of 81.43°, a saturation of 41.18% and a lightness of 53.33%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #96b957 is made of 13.73% cyan, 0% magenta, 38.43% yellow and 27.45% black ink.

HEX #96b957
RGB Decimal rgb(150,185,87)
RGB Percentage 36%, 44%, 21%
CMYK 13.73, 0, 38.43, 27.45
HSL hsl(81.43,41.18%,53.33%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(81.43,52.97%,72.55%)
CIE-LAB lab(70.7812,-27.5056,45.3501)
XYZ xyz(31.6469,41.8701,15.4306)
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