Soft Fern Color

#c7d368

Soft Fern is soft, 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 #382c97
Complementary Color #7468d3
Color Shade: mid yellow (66.73° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 61.76% (better contrasting with black)
Soft Fern Color Sample
Soft Fern Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #c7d368

If you're looking for a similar mid yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Soft Fern Color. The Golden Delicious 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 Sinsemilla (#b6bd4a) for more calm effect. Try Sweet Midori as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#7468d3 is the best complementary color to Soft Fern. 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 #c7d368 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 Tacha are #d3a968 and #91d368. Thus found on the left and right of #c7d368 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Whiskey and Pastel Green colors as they work well with Soft Fern.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Soft Fern palette consists of #a968d3 and #6891d3 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#7468d3). Try Amethyst and Danube colors in combination with #c7d368, 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 #c7d368 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 Fern. Thus Orchid and Downy giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Soft Fern contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Moody Blue, Downy, and Charm split by 90° on the color wheel. #c7d368 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. Soft Fern tetradic combo consists of mid blue complementary color (#7468d3) and two others. The Downy is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Japonica – 120° from the complementary Moody Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #68c6d3 and #d37468.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #c7d368 is made of 39% red, 41% green and 20% blue. In a HSL mode Soft Fern has a hue angle of 66.73°, a saturation of 54.87% and a lightness of 61.76%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #c7d368 is made of 4.71% cyan, 0% magenta, 41.97% yellow and 17.25% black ink.

HEX #c7d368
RGB Decimal rgb(199,211,104)
RGB Percentage 39%, 41%, 20%
CMYK 4.71, 0, 41.97, 17.25
HSL hsl(66.73,54.87%,61.76%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(66.73,50.71%,82.75%)
CIE-LAB lab(81.6913,-19.2229,51.0296)
XYZ xyz(49.3461,59.7301,22.025)
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