Great Green Color

#abb486

Great Green is pale, 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 #544b79
Complementary Color #8e85b4
Color Shade: mid yellow (71.74° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 61.57% (better contrasting with white)
Great Green Color Sample
Great Green Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #abb486

If you're looking for a similar mid yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Great Green Color. The Tickled Crow color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm yellow bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Healing Retreat (#bac2aa) for more calm effect. Try Beryl Green as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#8e85b4 is the best complementary color to Great Green. 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 #abb486 complementary color is Lavender Purple, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of orange, mid yellow, and yellow green colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Swamp Green are #b4a685 and #93b485. Thus found on the left and right of #abb486 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Mongoose and Swamp Green colors as they work well with Great Green.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Great Green palette consists of #a685b4 and #8593b4 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#8e85b4). Try Lavender Purple and Bali Hai colors in combination with #abb486, 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 #abb486 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 Great Green. Thus Bouquet and Bali Hai giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Great Green contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Lavender Purple, Acapulco, and Bouquet split by 90° on the color wheel. #abb486 square combo is a palette of mid yellow, green cyan, mid blue and red 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. Great Green tetradic combo consists of mid blue complementary color (#8e85b4) and two others. The Bali Hai is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Quicksand – 120° from the complementary Lavender Purple. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #85abb4 and #b48f85.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #abb486 is made of 35% red, 37% green and 28% blue. In a HSL mode Great Green has a hue angle of 71.74°, a saturation of 23.47% and a lightness of 61.57%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #abb486 is made of 3.53% cyan, 0% magenta, 18.04% yellow and 29.41% black ink.

HEX #abb486
RGB Decimal rgb(171,180,134)
RGB Percentage 35%, 37%, 28%
CMYK 3.53, 0, 18.04, 29.41
HSL hsl(71.74,23.47%,61.57%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(71.74,25.56%,70.59%)
CIE-LAB lab(71.5697,-11.0003,22.4714)
XYZ xyz(37.4189,43.0217,28.8861)
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