Chinese Money Plant Color

#a4be5c

Chinese Money Plant is soft, 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 #5b41a3
Complementary Color #755cbe
Color Shade: cool yellow (75.92° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 55.29% (better contrasting with white)
Chinese Money Plant Color Sample
Chinese Money Plant Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #a4be5c

If you're looking for a similar cool yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Chinese Money Plant Color. The Gnome Green color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid yellow bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Calamansi Green (#c4cc7a) for more energetic effect. Try Dried Caspia as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#755cbe is the best complementary color to Chinese Money Plant. 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 #a4be5c complementary color is Fuchsia Blue, 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 Celery are #bea75c and #73be5c. Thus found on the left and right of #a4be5c on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Husk and Mantis colors as they work well with Chinese Money Plant.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Chinese Money Plant palette consists of #a75cbe and #5c72be colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#755cbe). Try Amethyst and Indigo colors in combination with #a4be5c, 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 #a4be5c 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 Chinese Money Plant. Thus Fuchsia Pink and Fountain Blue giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Chinese Money Plant contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Fuchsia Blue, Tradewind, and Cadillac split by 90° on the color wheel. #a4be5c 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. Chinese Money Plant tetradic combo consists of warm blue complementary color (#755cbe) and two others. The Fountain Blue is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Contessa – 120° from the complementary Fuchsia Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #5ca3be and #be765c.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #a4be5c is made of 37% red, 43% green and 21% blue. In a HSL mode Chinese Money Plant has a hue angle of 75.92°, a saturation of 42.98% and a lightness of 55.29%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #a4be5c is made of 10.2% cyan, 0% magenta, 38.43% yellow and 25.49% black ink.

HEX #a4be5c
RGB Decimal rgb(164,190,92)
RGB Percentage 37%, 43%, 21%
CMYK 10.2, 0, 38.43, 25.49
HSL hsl(75.92,42.98%,55.29%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(75.92,51.58%,74.51%)
CIE-LAB lab(73.2148,-23.9421,46.0675)
XYZ xyz(35.6551,45.4921,17.0269)
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