Gleeful is calm, 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 | #624482 |
| Complementary Color | #9a7cbb |
| Color Shade: | cool yellow (89.03° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 61.18% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Gleeful Color. The Usumoegi Green color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid yellow bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Sprout (#b8ca9d) for more calm effect. Try New Frond as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#9a7cbb is the best complementary color to Gleeful. 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 #9dbb7d complementary color is Purple Mountain's Majesty, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of warm yellow, cool yellow, and warm green colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Olivine are #bbb97c and #7ebb7c. Thus found on the left and right of #9dbb7d on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Gimblet and De York colors as they work well with Gleeful.
The split-complementary Gleeful palette consists of #b97cbb and #7c7dbb colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#9a7cbb). Try Wisteria and Wild Blue Yonder colors in combination with #9dbb7d, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.
The triadic palette of #9dbb7d 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 Gleeful. Thus Turkish Rose and Ship Cove giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Gleeful contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Purple Mountain's Majesty, Neptune, and Old Rose split by 90° on the color wheel. #9dbb7d square combo is a palette of cool yellow, warm cyan, warm blue and cool red shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Gleeful tetradic combo consists of warm blue complementary color (#9a7cbb) and two others. The Ship Cove is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Mongoose – 120° from the complementary Purple Mountain's Majesty. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #7c9dbb and #bb9a7c.
In a RGB color space, hex #9dbb7d is made of 33% red, 40% green and 27% blue. In a HSL mode Gleeful has a hue angle of 89.03°, a saturation of 31.31% and a lightness of 61.18%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #9dbb7d is made of 11.76% cyan, 0% magenta, 24.31% yellow and 26.67% black ink.
| HEX | #9dbb7d |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(157,187,125) |
| RGB Percentage | 33%, 40%, 27% |
| CMYK | 11.76, 0, 24.31, 26.67 |
| HSL | hsl(89.03,31.31%,61.18%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(89.03,33.16%,73.33%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(72.3549,-21.177,28.1499) |
| XYZ | xyz(35.3766,44.1894,26.0669) |