Cucumber Crush Color

#a2ac86

Cucumber Crush is pale, 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 #5d5379
Complementary Color #9086ac
Color Shade: cool yellow (75.79° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 60% (better contrasting with white)
Cucumber Crush Color Sample
Cucumber Crush Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #a2ac86

If you're looking for a similar cool yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Cucumber Crush Color. The Dry Hemlock 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 Hillside Green (#8f9783) for more calm effect. Try Green Fog as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#9086ac is the best complementary color to Cucumber Crush. 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 #a2ac86 complementary color is Amethyst Smoke, 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 Locust are #aca386 and #8fac86. Thus found on the left and right of #a2ac86 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Hillary and Envy colors as they work well with Cucumber Crush.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Cucumber Crush palette consists of #a386ac and #868fac colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#9086ac). Try Amethyst Smoke and Bali Hai colors in combination with #a2ac86, 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 #a2ac86 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 Cucumber Crush. Thus Bouquet and Bali Hai giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Cucumber Crush contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Amethyst Smoke, Cascade, and Bouquet split by 90° on the color wheel. #a2ac86 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. Cucumber Crush tetradic combo consists of warm blue complementary color (#9086ac) and two others. The Bali Hai is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Sandrift – 120° from the complementary Amethyst Smoke. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #86a2ac and #ac9086.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #a2ac86 is made of 35% red, 37% green and 29% blue. In a HSL mode Cucumber Crush has a hue angle of 75.79°, a saturation of 18.63% and a lightness of 60%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #a2ac86 is made of 3.92% cyan, 0% magenta, 14.9% yellow and 32.55% black ink.

HEX #a2ac86
RGB Decimal rgb(162,172,134)
RGB Percentage 35%, 37%, 29%
CMYK 3.92, 0, 14.9, 32.55
HSL hsl(75.79,18.63%,60%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(75.79,22.09%,67.45%)
CIE-LAB lab(68.6843,-10.2361,18.4101)
XYZ xyz(33.9559,38.9077,28.2745)
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