Celery Green Color

#c5cc7b

Celery Green 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 #3a3384
Complementary Color #827bcc
Color Shade: mid yellow (65.19° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 64.12% (better contrasting with white)
Celery Green Color Sample
Celery Green Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #c5cc7b

If you're looking for a similar mid yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Celery Green Color. The Court-Bouillon color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm yellow bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Motherland (#bcb667) for more calm effect. Try Tidal Green as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#827bcc is the best complementary color to Celery Green. 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 #c5cc7b complementary color is Moody Blue, 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 Wild Willow are #ccaa7b and #9ccc7b. Thus found on the left and right of #c5cc7b on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Tan and Wild Willow colors as they work well with Celery Green.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Celery Green palette consists of #aa7bcc and #7b9ccc colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#827bcc). Try East Side and Polo Blue colors in combination with #c5cc7b, 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 #c5cc7b 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 Celery Green. Thus Hopbush and Half Baked giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Celery Green contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Moody Blue, Vista Blue, and Puce split by 90° on the color wheel. #c5cc7b 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. Celery Green tetradic combo consists of mid blue complementary color (#827bcc) and two others. The Half Baked is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Contessa – 120° from the complementary Moody Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #7bc4cc and #cc827b.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #c5cc7b is made of 38% red, 39% green and 23% blue. In a HSL mode Celery Green has a hue angle of 65.19°, a saturation of 44.26% and a lightness of 64.12%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #c5cc7b is made of 2.75% cyan, 0% magenta, 31.76% yellow and 20% black ink.

HEX #c5cc7b
RGB Decimal rgb(197,204,123)
RGB Percentage 38%, 39%, 23%
CMYK 2.75, 0, 31.76, 20
HSL hsl(65.19,44.26%,64.12%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(65.19,39.71%,80%)
CIE-LAB lab(79.8897,-14.6097,39.5189)
XYZ xyz(48.194,56.4861,27.1017)
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