Golden Foliage Color

#bdd043

Golden Foliage is soft, 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 #422fbc
Complementary Color #5542d0
Color Shade: mid yellow (68.09° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 53.92% (better contrasting with white)
Golden Foliage Color Sample
Golden Foliage Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #bdd043

If you're looking for a similar mid yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Golden Foliage Color. The Green Caterpillar color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm yellow bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Funky Frog (#98bd3c) for more calm effect. Try Tree Frog as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#5542d0 is the best complementary color to Golden Foliage. 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 #bdd043 complementary color is Purple Heart, 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 Turmeric are #d09c42 and #76d042. Thus found on the left and right of #bdd043 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Old Gold and Atlantis colors as they work well with Golden Foliage.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Golden Foliage palette consists of #9c42d0 and #4276d0 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#5542d0). Try Amethyst and Indigo colors in combination with #bdd043, 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 #bdd043 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 Golden Foliage. Thus Fuchsia Pink and Shakespeare giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Golden Foliage contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Purple Heart, Shamrock, and Cabaret split by 90° on the color wheel. #bdd043 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. Golden Foliage tetradic combo consists of mid blue complementary color (#5542d0) and two others. The Shakespeare is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Valencia – 120° from the complementary Purple Heart. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #42bcd0 and #d05542.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #bdd043 is made of 41% red, 45% green and 14% blue. In a HSL mode Golden Foliage has a hue angle of 68.09°, a saturation of 60% and a lightness of 53.92%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #bdd043 is made of 7.45% cyan, 0% magenta, 55.3% yellow and 18.43% black ink.

HEX #bdd043
RGB Decimal rgb(189,208,67)
RGB Percentage 41%, 45%, 14%
CMYK 7.45, 0, 55.3, 18.43
HSL hsl(68.09,60%,53.92%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(68.09,67.79%,81.57%)
CIE-LAB lab(79.8046,-24.5409,64.6313)
XYZ xyz(44.5553,56.3358,13.8358)
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