Wicked Green Color

#9bca47

Wicked Green 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 #6435b8
Complementary Color #7546ca
Color Shade: cool yellow (81.53° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 53.53% (better contrasting with white)
Wicked Green Color Sample
Wicked Green Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #9bca47

If you're looking for a similar cool yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Wicked Green Color. The Green Tea Ice Cream 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 soft alternative called Young Bud (#86af38) for more calm effect. Try Football Field as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#7546ca is the best complementary color to Wicked Green. 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 #9bca47 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 Atlantis are #cab746 and #59ca46. Thus found on the left and right of #9bca47 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Turmeric and Apple colors as they work well with Wicked Green.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Wicked Green palette consists of #b746ca and #4659ca colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#7546ca). Try Amethyst and Indigo colors in combination with #9bca47, 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 #9bca47 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 Wicked Green. Thus Mulberry and Shakespeare giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Wicked Green contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Fuchsia Blue, Puerto Rico, and Chestnut Rose split by 90° on the color wheel. #9bca47 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. Wicked Green tetradic combo consists of warm blue complementary color (#7546ca) and two others. The Shakespeare is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Raw Sienna – 120° from the complementary Fuchsia Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #469aca and #ca7646.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #9bca47 is made of 36% red, 47% green and 17% blue. In a HSL mode Wicked Green has a hue angle of 81.53°, a saturation of 55.27% and a lightness of 53.53%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #9bca47 is made of 18.44% cyan, 0% magenta, 51.38% yellow and 20.78% black ink.

HEX #9bca47
RGB Decimal rgb(155,202,71)
RGB Percentage 36%, 47%, 17%
CMYK 18.44, 0, 51.38, 20.78
HSL hsl(81.53,55.27%,53.53%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(81.53,64.85%,79.22%)
CIE-LAB lab(75.8629,-34.9511,58.2583)
XYZ xyz(35.7754,49.6646,13.6619)
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