Green Banana is soft, warm-toned shade of mid yellow. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with mid blue, red magenta or mid cyan
| Inverse Color | #574bac |
| Complementary Color | #5e52b4 |
| Color Shade: | mid yellow (67.42° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 51.57% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar mid yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Green Banana Color. The Café de Paris color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm yellow bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Luau Green (#989746) for more calm effect. Try Salvia Divinorum as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#5e52b4 is the best complementary color to Green Banana. Mid blue shades generally complement the mid yellow hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #a8b453 complementary color is Blue Violet, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of orange, mid yellow, and yellow green colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Olive Green are #b48f52 and #77b452. Thus found on the left and right of #a8b453 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Driftwood and Chelsea Cucumber colors as they work well with Green Banana.
The split-complementary Green Banana palette consists of #8f52b4 and #5277b4 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#5e52b4). Try Studio and Steel Blue colors in combination with #a8b453, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.
The triadic palette of #a8b453 offers a combination of mid magenta and mid cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Green Banana. Thus Fuchsia Pink and Hippie Blue giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Green Banana contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Blue Violet, Silver Tree, and Cadillac split by 90° on the color wheel. #a8b453 square combo is a palette of mid yellow, green cyan, mid blue and red magenta shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Green Banana tetradic combo consists of mid blue complementary color (#5e52b4) and two others. The Hippie Blue is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Matrix – 120° from the complementary Blue Violet. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #52a8b4 and #b45f52.
In a RGB color space, hex #a8b453 is made of 39% red, 42% green and 19% blue. In a HSL mode Green Banana has a hue angle of 67.42°, a saturation of 39.27% and a lightness of 51.57%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #a8b453 is made of 4.71% cyan, 0% magenta, 38.04% yellow and 29.41% black ink.
| HEX | #a8b453 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(168,180,83) |
| RGB Percentage | 39%, 42%, 19% |
| CMYK | 4.71, 0, 38.04, 29.41 |
| HSL | hsl(67.42,39.27%,51.57%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(67.42,53.89%,70.59%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.5886,-18.1828,47.3506) |
| XYZ | xyz(34.031,41.5919,14.418) |