Faint Green Color

#a58b2c

Faint 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 #5a74d3
Complementary Color #2b46a5
Color Shade: warm yellow (47.11° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 40.98% (better contrasting with white)
Faint Green Color Sample
Faint Green Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #a58b2c

If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Faint Green Color. The Mecca Gold color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a orange bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Herald's Trumpet (#ce9f2f) for more energetic effect. Try Lemon Bar as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#2b46a5 is the best complementary color to Faint 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 #a58b2c complementary color is Sapphire, 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 Luxor Gold are #a54e2b and #82a52b. Thus found on the left and right of #a58b2c on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Paarl and Sushi colors as they work well with Faint Green.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Faint Green palette consists of #4e2ba5 and #2b82a5 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#2b46a5). Try Daisy Bush and Jelly Bean colors in combination with #a58b2c, 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 #a58b2c 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 Faint Green. Thus Seance and Jungle Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Faint Green contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Sapphire, Eucalyptus, and Royal Heath split by 90° on the color wheel. #a58b2c 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. Faint Green tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#2b46a5) and two others. The Jungle Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Well Read – 120° from the complementary Sapphire. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #2ba58a and #a52b45.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #a58b2c is made of 47% red, 40% green and 13% blue. In a HSL mode Faint Green has a hue angle of 47.11°, a saturation of 57.89% and a lightness of 40.98%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #a58b2c is made of 0% cyan, 10.2% magenta, 47.46% yellow and 35.29% black ink.

HEX #a58b2c
RGB Decimal rgb(165,139,44)
RGB Percentage 47%, 40%, 13%
CMYK 0, 10.2, 47.46, 35.29
HSL hsl(47.11,57.89%,40.98%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(47.11,73.33%,64.71%)
CIE-LAB lab(58.6456,-0.5189,51.7649)
XYZ xyz(25.2043,26.6464,6.1977)
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