Guava Green Color

#a18d0d

Guava Green is soft, warm-toned shade of warm yellow. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool blue, warm magenta or warm cyan

Inverse Color #5e72f2
Complementary Color #0d20a1
Color Shade: warm yellow (51.89° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 34.12% (better contrasting with white)
Guava Green Color Sample
Guava Green Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #a18d0d

If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Guava Green Color. The Letter Jacket color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a orange bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Old Trail (#bb8811) for more calm effect. Try Muddy Yellow as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#0d20a1 is the best complementary color to Guava Green. Cool blue shades generally complement the warm yellow hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #a18d0d complementary color is Torea Bay, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm red, warm yellow, and cool yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Buttered Rum are #a1430d and #6aa10d. Thus found on the left and right of #a18d0d on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Vesuvius and Christi colors as they work well with Guava Green.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Guava Green palette consists of #420da1 and #0d6aa1 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#0d20a1). Try Blue Gem and Tory Blue colors in combination with #a18d0d, 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 #a18d0d offers a combination of cool magenta and warm cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Guava Green. Thus Purple and Blue Chill giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Guava Green contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Torea Bay, Salem, and Jazzberry Jam split by 90° on the color wheel. #a18d0d square combo is a palette of warm yellow, cool green, cool blue and warm 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. Guava Green tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#0d20a1) and two others. The Blue Chill is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Tamarillo – 120° from the complementary Torea Bay. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #0da18d and #a10d21.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #a18d0d is made of 51% red, 45% green and 4% blue. In a HSL mode Guava Green has a hue angle of 51.89°, a saturation of 85.06% and a lightness of 34.12%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #a18d0d is made of 0% cyan, 7.85% magenta, 58.04% yellow and 36.86% black ink.

HEX #a18d0d
RGB Decimal rgb(161,141,13)
RGB Percentage 51%, 45%, 4%
CMYK 0, 7.85, 58.04, 36.86
HSL hsl(51.89,85.06%,34.12%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(51.89,91.93%,63.14%)
CIE-LAB lab(58.6544,-4.4653,60.8961)
XYZ xyz(24.2955,26.6559,4.2454)
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