Palm is calm, warm-toned shade of warm yellow. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool blue, red magenta or warm cyan
| Inverse Color | #5050a1 |
| Complementary Color | #5e5eaf |
| Color Shade: | warm yellow (60° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 52.75% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Palm Color. The Winter Pea Green color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a orange bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Topiary (#8e9655) for more calm effect. Try Delta Break as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#5e5eaf is the best complementary color to Palm. 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 #afaf5e complementary color is Scampi, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of warm red, warm yellow, and yellow green colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Olive Green are #af865e and #86af5e. Thus found on the left and right of #afaf5e on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Muesli and Chelsea Cucumber colors as they work well with Palm.
The split-complementary Palm palette consists of #865eaf and #5e86af colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#5e5eaf). Try Deluge and Hippie Blue colors in combination with #afaf5e, 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 #afaf5e 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. Thus Fuchsia Pink and Tradewind giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Palm contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Scampi, Silver Tree, and Tapestry split by 90° on the color wheel. #afaf5e square combo is a palette of warm yellow, cool green, cool 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. Palm tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#5e5eaf) 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 #5eafaf and #af5e5e.
In a RGB color space, hex #afaf5e is made of 39% red, 39% green and 21% blue. In a HSL mode Palm has a hue angle of 60°, a saturation of 33.61% and a lightness of 52.75%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #afaf5e is made of 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 31.77% yellow and 31.37% black ink.
| HEX | #afaf5e |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(175,175,94) |
| RGB Percentage | 39%, 39%, 21% |
| CMYK | 0, 0, 31.77, 31.37 |
| HSL | hsl(60,33.61%,52.75%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(60,46.29%,68.63%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(69.8821,-11.6984,41.28) |
| XYZ | xyz(35.0295,40.5821,16.5765) |