Soft Celery is calm, warm-toned shade of mid yellow. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with mid blue, red magenta or mid cyan
| Inverse Color | #3b3278 |
| Complementary Color | #9087cd |
| Color Shade: | mid yellow (67.71° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 66.67% (better contrasting with black) |
If you're looking for a similar mid yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Soft Celery Color. The Green Glow 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 Olive Oil (#bab86c) for more calm effect. Try Chameleon Skin as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#9087cd is the best complementary color to Soft Celery. 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 #c4cd87 complementary color is Blue Bell, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of orange, mid yellow, and yellow green colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Pine Glade are #cdb387 and #a1cd87. Thus found on the left and right of #c4cd87 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Tan and Olivine colors as they work well with Soft Celery.
The split-complementary Soft Celery palette consists of #b387cd and #87a0cd colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#9087cd). Try East Side and Polo Blue colors in combination with #c4cd87, 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 #c4cd87 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 Soft Celery. Thus Viola and Half Baked giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Soft Celery contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Blue Bell, Vista Blue, and Puce split by 90° on the color wheel. #c4cd87 square combo is a palette of mid yellow, green cyan, mid 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. Soft Celery tetradic combo consists of mid blue complementary color (#9087cd) and two others. The Half Baked is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Puce – 120° from the complementary Blue Bell. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #87c3cd and #cd9087.
In a RGB color space, hex #c4cd87 is made of 37% red, 38% green and 25% blue. In a HSL mode Soft Celery has a hue angle of 67.71°, a saturation of 41.18% and a lightness of 66.67%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #c4cd87 is made of 3.53% cyan, 0% magenta, 27.45% yellow and 19.61% black ink.
| HEX | #c4cd87 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(196,205,135) |
| RGB Percentage | 37%, 38%, 25% |
| CMYK | 3.53, 0, 27.45, 19.61 |
| HSL | hsl(67.71,41.18%,66.67%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(67.71,34.15%,80.39%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(80.2626,-14.09,33.8746) |
| XYZ | xyz(48.9694,57.1477,31.3713) |