Palm Frond is calm, warm-toned shade of warm yellow. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool blue, warm magenta or warm cyan
| Inverse Color | #5152a4 |
| Complementary Color | #5b5bae |
| Color Shade: | warm yellow (59.28° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 51.96% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Palm Frond Color. The Tarragon Tease color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a orange bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Off the Grid (#9f9049) for more energetic effect. Try Cardamom Green as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#5b5bae is the best complementary color to Palm Frond. Cool blue shades generally complement the warm yellow hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #aead5b complementary color is Scampi, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of warm red, warm yellow, and cool yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Olive Green are #ae835b and #85ae5b. Thus found on the left and right of #aead5b on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Limed Oak and Chelsea Cucumber colors as they work well with Palm Frond.
The split-complementary Palm Frond palette consists of #835bae and #5b85ae colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#5b5bae). Try Deluge and Hippie Blue colors in combination with #aead5b, 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 #aead5b offers a combination of cool magenta and warm cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Palm Frond. Thus Wisteria and Tradewind giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Palm Frond contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Scampi, Silver Tree, and Tapestry split by 90° on the color wheel. #aead5b square combo is a palette of warm yellow, cool green, cool blue and warm magenta shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Palm Frond tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#5b5bae) and two others. The Tradewind is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Matrix – 120° from the complementary Scampi. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #5baead and #ae5b5b.
In a RGB color space, hex #aead5b is made of 40% red, 39% green and 21% blue. In a HSL mode Palm Frond has a hue angle of 59.28°, a saturation of 33.88% and a lightness of 51.96%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #aead5b is made of 0% cyan, 0.4% magenta, 32.55% yellow and 31.76% black ink.
| HEX | #aead5b |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(174,173,91) |
| RGB Percentage | 40%, 39%, 21% |
| CMYK | 0, 0.4, 32.55, 31.76 |
| HSL | hsl(59.28,33.88%,51.96%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(59.28,47.7%,68.24%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(69.2132,-11.3646,41.95) |
| XYZ | xyz(34.2875,39.6411,15.7419) |