Green Spring Color

#a9af99

Green Spring is pale, warm-toned shade of cool yellow. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with mid blue, cool red or cool cyan

Inverse Color #565066
Complementary Color #9e99ae
Color Shade: cool yellow (76.36° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 64.31% (better contrasting with white)
Green Spring Color Sample
Green Spring Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #a9af99

If you're looking for a similar cool yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Green Spring Color. The Shady Willow color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid yellow bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Eyre (#8f9482) for more calm effect. Try Blithe Mood as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#9e99ae is the best complementary color to Green Spring. Mid blue shades generally complement the cool yellow hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #a9af99 complementary color is Amethyst Smoke, 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 Bud are #aeaa99 and #9dae99. Thus found on the left and right of #a9af99 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Napa and Bud colors as they work well with Green Spring.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Green Spring palette consists of #aa99ae and #999dae colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#9e99ae). Try Amethyst Smoke and Santas Gray colors in combination with #a9af99, 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 #a9af99 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 Green Spring. Thus Shady Lady and Hit Gray giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Green Spring contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Amethyst Smoke, Pewter, and Dusty Gray split by 90° on the color wheel. #a9af99 square combo is a palette of cool yellow, warm cyan, mid 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. Green Spring tetradic combo consists of mid blue complementary color (#9e99ae) and two others. The Hit Gray is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Martini – 120° from the complementary Amethyst Smoke. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #99a8ae and #ae9f99.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #a9af99 is made of 34% red, 35% green and 31% blue. In a HSL mode Green Spring has a hue angle of 76.36°, a saturation of 12.09% and a lightness of 64.31%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #a9af99 is made of 2.36% cyan, 0% magenta, 8.63% yellow and 31.37% black ink.

HEX #a9af99
RGB Decimal rgb(169,175,153)
RGB Percentage 34%, 35%, 31%
CMYK 2.36, 0, 8.63, 31.37
HSL hsl(76.36,12.09%,64.31%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(76.36,12.57%,68.63%)
CIE-LAB lab(70.4517,-6.1063,10.5619)
XYZ xyz(37.4419,41.3949,36.1536)
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