Kelly's Flower Color

#babd6c

Kelly's Flower is calm, 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 #454293
Complementary Color #6f6cbd
Color Shade: mid yellow (62.22° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 58.24% (better contrasting with white)
Kelly's Flower Color Sample
Kelly's Flower Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #babd6c

If you're looking for a similar mid yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Kelly's Flower Color. The Pickled color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm yellow bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Lentil Sprout (#aba44d) for more calm effect. Try Do Not Disturb as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#6f6cbd is the best complementary color to Kelly's Flower. 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 #babd6c complementary color is Blue Marguerite, 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 Gimblet are #bd976c and #91bd6c. Thus found on the left and right of #babd6c on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Muddy Waters and Olivine colors as they work well with Kelly's Flower.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Kelly's Flower palette consists of #976cbd and #6c91bd colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#6f6cbd). Try Wisteria and Ship Cove colors in combination with #babd6c, 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 #babd6c 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 Kelly's Flower. Thus Fuchsia Pink and Neptune giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Kelly's Flower contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Blue Marguerite, Silver Tree, and Tapestry split by 90° on the color wheel. #babd6c 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. Kelly's Flower tetradic combo consists of mid blue complementary color (#6f6cbd) and two others. The Neptune is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Contessa – 120° from the complementary Blue Marguerite. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #6cb9bd and #bd6f6c.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #babd6c is made of 39% red, 39% green and 22% blue. In a HSL mode Kelly's Flower has a hue angle of 62.22°, a saturation of 38.03% and a lightness of 58.24%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #babd6c is made of 1.18% cyan, 0% magenta, 31.77% yellow and 25.88% black ink.

HEX #babd6c
RGB Decimal rgb(186,189,108)
RGB Percentage 39%, 39%, 22%
CMYK 1.18, 0, 31.77, 25.88
HSL hsl(62.22,38.03%,58.24%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(62.22,42.86%,74.12%)
CIE-LAB lab(74.7726,-12.9972,40.4629)
XYZ xyz(41.1541,47.917,21.2672)
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