Romaine Green Color

#a38e00

Romaine 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 #5c71ff
Complementary Color #0014a3
Color Shade: warm yellow (52.27° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 31.96% (better contrasting with white)
Romaine Green Color Sample
Romaine Green Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #a38e00

If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Romaine Green Color. The Honey and Thyme color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a orange bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Christmas Gold (#caa906) for more calm effect. Try Brown Butter as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#0014a3 is the best complementary color to Romaine 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 #a38e00 complementary color is International Klein Blue, 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 Pirate Gold are #a33c00 and #66a300. Thus found on the left and right of #a38e00 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Fire and Limeade colors as they work well with Romaine Green.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Romaine Green palette consists of #3c00a3 and #0066a3 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#0014a3). Try Pigment Indigo and Allports colors in combination with #a38e00, 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 #a38e00 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 Romaine Green. Thus Purple and Persian Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Romaine Green contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary International Klein Blue, Green Haze, and Flirt split by 90° on the color wheel. #a38e00 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. Romaine Green tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#0014a3) and two others. The Persian Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Carmine – 120° from the complementary International Klein Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #00a38e and #a30014.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #a38e00 is made of 53% red, 47% green and 0% blue. In a HSL mode Romaine Green has a hue angle of 52.27°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 31.96%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #a38e00 is made of 0% cyan, 8.23% magenta, 63.92% yellow and 36.08% black ink.

HEX #a38e00
RGB Decimal rgb(163,142,0)
RGB Percentage 53%, 47%, 0%
CMYK 0, 8.23, 63.92, 36.08
HSL hsl(52.27,100%,31.96%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(52.27,100%,63.92%)
CIE-LAB lab(59.0968,-4.2882,63.3747)
XYZ xyz(24.7773,27.1325,3.9312)
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