Tangy Green Color

#bb9b52

Tangy Green is calm, warm-toned shade of orange. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with blue cyan, mid magenta or green cyan

Inverse Color #4464ad
Complementary Color #5271bb
Color Shade: orange (41.71° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 52.75% (better contrasting with white)
Tangy Green Color Sample
Tangy Green Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #bb9b52

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Tangy Green Color. The Fox color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Monarch Gold (#b7813c) for more energetic effect. Try Burnished Bronze as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#5271bb is the best complementary color to Tangy Green. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #bb9b52 complementary color is San Marino, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid red, orange, and mid yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Husk are #bb6652 and #a6bb52. Thus found on the left and right of #bb9b52 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Santa Fe and Celery colors as they work well with Tangy Green.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Tangy Green palette consists of #6652bb and #52a6bb colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#5271bb). Try Blue Violet and Fountain Blue colors in combination with #bb9b52, 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 #bb9b52 offers a combination of violet and green cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Tangy Green. Thus Fuchsia Blue and Puerto Rico giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Tangy Green contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary San Marino, Fern, and Fuchsia Pink split by 90° on the color wheel. #bb9b52 square combo is a palette of orange, mid green, blue cyan and mid 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. Tangy Green tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#5271bb) and two others. The Puerto Rico is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Blush – 120° from the complementary San Marino. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #52bb9b and #bb5271.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #bb9b52 is made of 44% red, 37% green and 19% blue. In a HSL mode Tangy Green has a hue angle of 41.71°, a saturation of 43.57% and a lightness of 52.75%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #bb9b52 is made of 0% cyan, 12.55% magenta, 41.17% yellow and 26.67% black ink.

HEX #bb9b52
RGB Decimal rgb(187,155,82)
RGB Percentage 44%, 37%, 19%
CMYK 0, 12.55, 41.17, 26.67
HSL hsl(41.71,43.57%,52.75%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(41.71,56.15%,73.33%)
CIE-LAB lab(65.4491,2.9477,42.2357)
XYZ xyz(33.7379,34.6167,12.8862)
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