Sweet Midori Color

#a7c74f

Sweet Midori 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 #5838b0
Complementary Color #6f4fc7
Color Shade: cool yellow (76° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 54.51% (better contrasting with white)
Sweet Midori Color Sample
Sweet Midori Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #a7c74f

If you're looking for a similar cool yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Sweet Midori Color. The Wonder Woods 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 soft alternative called Floral Bouquet (#bacb7c) for more calm effect. Try Elysian Green as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#6f4fc7 is the best complementary color to Sweet Midori. 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 #a7c74f 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 #c7ab4f and #6bc74f. Thus found on the left and right of #a7c74f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Roti and Mantis colors as they work well with Sweet Midori.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Sweet Midori palette consists of #ab4fc7 and #4f6bc7 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#6f4fc7). Try Amethyst and Indigo colors in combination with #a7c74f, 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 #a7c74f 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 Sweet Midori. Thus Mulberry and Pelorous giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Sweet Midori contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Fuchsia Blue, Puerto Rico, and Chestnut Rose split by 90° on the color wheel. #a7c74f 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. Sweet Midori tetradic combo consists of warm blue complementary color (#6f4fc7) and two others. The Pelorous is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Chestnut Rose – 120° from the complementary Fuchsia Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #4fa7c7 and #c76f4f.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #a7c74f is made of 38% red, 45% green and 18% blue. In a HSL mode Sweet Midori has a hue angle of 76°, a saturation of 51.72% and a lightness of 54.51%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #a7c74f is made of 12.55% cyan, 0% magenta, 47.06% yellow and 21.96% black ink.

HEX #a7c74f
RGB Decimal rgb(167,199,79)
RGB Percentage 38%, 45%, 18%
CMYK 12.55, 0, 47.06, 21.96
HSL hsl(76,51.72%,54.51%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(76,60.3%,78.04%)
CIE-LAB lab(75.8397,-28.2594,55.0842)
XYZ xyz(37.7711,49.6269,14.9853)
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