Gardening Color

#acba8d

Gardening is pale, 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 #534572
Complementary Color #9a8cba
Color Shade: cool yellow (78.67° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 64.12% (better contrasting with white)
Gardening Color Sample
Gardening Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #acba8d

If you're looking for a similar cool yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Gardening Color. The Jungle Moss 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 Arbor Vitae (#bbc3ad) for more calm effect. Try Renkon Beige as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#9a8cba is the best complementary color to Gardening. 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 #acba8d complementary color is Lavender Purple, 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 Swamp Green are #bab18c and #95ba8c. Thus found on the left and right of #acba8d on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Indian Khaki and Norway colors as they work well with Gardening.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Gardening palette consists of #b18cba and #8c95ba colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#9a8cba). Try London Hue and Wild Blue Yonder colors in combination with #acba8d, 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 #acba8d 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 Gardening. Thus Bouquet and Nepal giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Gardening contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Lavender Purple, Gulf Stream, and Quicksand split by 90° on the color wheel. #acba8d 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. Gardening tetradic combo consists of warm blue complementary color (#9a8cba) and two others. The Nepal 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 #8cabba and #ba9b8c.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #acba8d is made of 34% red, 37% green and 28% blue. In a HSL mode Gardening has a hue angle of 78.67°, a saturation of 24.59% and a lightness of 64.12%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #acba8d is made of 5.49% cyan, 0% magenta, 17.65% yellow and 27.06% black ink.

HEX #acba8d
RGB Decimal rgb(172,186,141)
RGB Percentage 34%, 37%, 28%
CMYK 5.49, 0, 17.65, 27.06
HSL hsl(78.67,24.59%,64.12%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(78.67,24.19%,72.94%)
CIE-LAB lab(73.4231,-12.6963,21.2525)
XYZ xyz(39.3799,45.8116,31.9663)
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