Pea Soup Green Color
Pea Soup Green is a yellow green color with hex code #94A617. This page covers its meaning, all color values, harmonies, colors that go with pea soup green, shades, tints, similar colors, CSS examples, FAQs, and WCAG contrast ratios.
Pea Soup Green Color Values
What Does Pea Soup Green Mean?
Pea Soup Green belongs to the yellow green family of colors. Yellow greens read as new growth: seedlings, spring lawns, the flesh of a lime. They bring a freshness that deeper greens can't, and they sit naturally beside browns and earth tones in plant-heavy palettes. Pea Soup Green sits at a mid-lightness, which keeps it readable on both white and black without much fuss.
In the ISCC-NBS color naming system, Pea Soup Green is classified as a yellow (nearest centroid: strong yellow green, #7E9F2E).
Color Harmonies
Complementary
Analogous
Triadic
Colors That Go With Pea Soup Green
Pea Soup Green and #2A17A6 are complements, parked opposite each other on the wheel. Together they hit maximum contrast, so a rough 70/30 split keeps the pairing from shouting.
Analogous neighbors — #A67117 and #4BA617, which sit beside pea soup green on the wheel. Pairings like this feel calm and settled, which suits backgrounds and gradients.
For an energetic three-color palette, pair pea soup green with triadic partners #1793A6 and #A61793. All three sit evenly spaced around the wheel, so the scheme stays lively without clashing.
Build and test these combinations in our Color Wheel Tool or check text readability with the Contrast Checker.
Tints and Shades
Tints (lighter)
Shades (darker)
Similar Colors
- Citron —
#9EA91F(Delta E 4) - Vomit Green —
#89A203(Delta E 4) - Pea Green —
#8EAB12(Delta E 5) - Puke Green —
#9AAE07(Delta E 6) - Barf Green —
#94AC02(Delta E 6)
CSS Examples
.text { color: #94A617; }
.background { background-color: #94A617; }
.border { border: 2px solid #94A617; }
.shadow { box-shadow: 0 4px 6px #94A61740; }WCAG Contrast
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the hex code for pea soup green?
Pea Soup Green has the hex code #94A617. In RGB notation it is rgb(148, 166, 23), in HSL it is hsl(68, 76%, 37%), and its OKLCH value is 0.688, 0.153, 117.4.
What does the color pea soup green mean?
Yellow Green-family colors like pea soup green carry distinct psychological associations. Pea Soup Green belongs to the yellow green family of colors. Yellow greens read as new growth: seedlings, spring lawns, the flesh of a lime. They bring a freshness that deeper greens can't, and they sit naturally beside browns and earth tones in plant-heavy palettes. Pea Soup Green sits at a mid-lightness, which keeps it readable on both white and black without much fuss.
What colors go with pea soup green?
Pea Soup Green has three easy routes: its complement #2A17A6 for punch, its neighbors #A67117 and #4BA617 for something calmer, or triadic partners #1793A6 and #A61793 when you want energy.
Is pea soup green a standard web color?
No — Pea Soup Green is not a CSS keyword. Use its hex value #94A617 or any RGB/HSL equivalent in your stylesheets.
How do I make pea soup green lighter or darker?
To lighten pea soup green, add white to create tints; to darken it, add black to create shades. The tints and shades table above shows five computed steps of each, from #F4F9D2 (lightest tint) to #181B04 (darkest shade).
About Pea Soup Green
Pea Soup Green is classified as a Yellow in the ISCC-NBS color naming system, within the Yellow Green hue family. It has The color is recognized by XKCD.
Use our Color Converter to convert #94A617 to any other color format, or explore the Color Wheel to find harmonious color combinations.