Garden Salt Green Color

#a18b62

Garden Salt Green is pale, 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 #5e749d
Complementary Color #6177a1
Color Shade: orange (39.05° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 50.78% (better contrasting with white)
Garden Salt Green Color Sample
Garden Salt Green Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #a18b62

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Garden Salt Green Color. The Greyish Yellow color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Northgate Green (#aaa388) for more calm effect. Try Renwick Golden Oak as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#6177a1 is the best complementary color to Garden Salt 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 #a18b62 complementary color is Waikawa Gray, 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 Barley Corn are #a16b61 and #97a161. Thus found on the left and right of #a18b62 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Toast and Green Smoke colors as they work well with Garden Salt Green.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Garden Salt Green palette consists of #6b61a1 and #6197a1 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#6177a1). Try Scampi and Breaker Bay colors in combination with #a18b62, 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 #a18b62 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 Garden Salt Green. Thus Trendy Pink and Patina giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Garden Salt Green contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Waikawa Gray, Aqua Forest, and Strikemaster split by 90° on the color wheel. #a18b62 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. Garden Salt Green tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#6177a1) and two others. The Patina is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Coral Tree – 120° from the complementary Waikawa Gray. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #61a18b and #a16178.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #a18b62 is made of 40% red, 35% green and 25% blue. In a HSL mode Garden Salt Green has a hue angle of 39.05°, a saturation of 25.1% and a lightness of 50.78%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #a18b62 is made of 0% cyan, 8.63% magenta, 24.71% yellow and 36.86% black ink.

HEX #a18b62
RGB Decimal rgb(161,139,98)
RGB Percentage 40%, 35%, 25%
CMYK 0, 8.63, 24.71, 36.86
HSL hsl(39.05,25.1%,50.78%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(39.05,39.13%,63.14%)
CIE-LAB lab(58.9041,2.2741,24.9983)
XYZ xyz(26.1352,26.9241,15.3747)
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