Dill Green Color

#b6ac4b

Dill Green is soft, 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 #4953b4
Complementary Color #4a55b6
Color Shade: warm yellow (54.39° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 50.39% (better contrasting with white)
Dill Green Color Sample
Dill Green Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #b6ac4b

If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Dill Green Color. The Balsam Pear 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 Off the Grid (#9f9049) for more calm effect. Try Delta Break as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#4a55b6 is the best complementary color to Dill Green. 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 #b6ac4b complementary color is Blue Violet, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm red, warm yellow, and cool yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Husk are #b6764a and #8ab64a. Thus found on the left and right of #b6ac4b on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Santa Fe and Sushi colors as they work well with Dill Green.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Dill Green palette consists of #764ab6 and #4a8ab6 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#4a55b6). Try Studio and Steel Blue colors in combination with #b6ac4b, 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 #b6ac4b 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 Dill Green. Thus Amethyst and Fountain Blue giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Dill Green contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Blue Violet, Ocean Green, and Mulberry split by 90° on the color wheel. #b6ac4b square combo is a palette of warm yellow, cool green, cool blue and warm 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. Dill Green tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#4a55b6) and two others. The Fountain Blue is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Chestnut – 120° from the complementary Blue Violet. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #4ab6ac and #b64a54.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #b6ac4b is made of 42% red, 40% green and 17% blue. In a HSL mode Dill Green has a hue angle of 54.39°, a saturation of 42.29% and a lightness of 50.39%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #b6ac4b is made of 0% cyan, 3.92% magenta, 41.96% yellow and 28.63% black ink.

HEX #b6ac4b
RGB Decimal rgb(182,172,75)
RGB Percentage 42%, 40%, 17%
CMYK 0, 3.92, 41.96, 28.63
HSL hsl(54.39,42.29%,50.39%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(54.39,58.79%,71.37%)
CIE-LAB lab(69.4397,-8.824,50.0859)
XYZ xyz(35.3139,39.9581,12.5081)
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