Douro is soft, warm-toned shade of warm yellow. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool blue, red magenta or mid cyan
| Inverse Color | #aaf |
| Complementary Color | #005 |
| Color Shade: | warm yellow (60° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 16.67% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Douro Color. The Verdun Green color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a orange bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Mud Green (#606602) for more calm effect. Try Storm as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#005 is the best complementary color to Douro. Cool blue shades generally complement the warm yellow hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #550 complementary color is Black Haze, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of warm red, warm yellow, and yellow green colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of White are #552a00 and #2a5500. Thus found on the left and right of #550 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Carnaby Tan and Verdun Green colors as they work well with Douro.
The split-complementary Douro palette consists of #2a0055 and #002a55 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#005). Try Cherry Pie and Prussian Blue colors in combination with #550, 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 #550 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 Douro. Thus Pompadour and Sherpa Blue giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Douro contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Black Haze, Kaitoke Green, and Castro split by 90° on the color wheel. #550 square combo is a palette of warm yellow, cool green, cool 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. Douro tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#005) and two others. The Sherpa Blue is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and White – 120° from the complementary Black Haze. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #005455 and #500.
In a RGB color space, hex #555500 is made of 50% red, 50% green and 0% blue. In a HSL mode Douro has a hue angle of 60°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 16.67%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #555500 is made of 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 33.33% yellow and 66.67% black ink.
| HEX | #555500 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(85,85,0) |
| RGB Percentage | 50%, 50%, 0% |
| CMYK | 0, 0, 33.33, 66.67 |
| HSL | hsl(60,100%,16.67%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(60,100%,33.33%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(34.8594,-9.6901,42.473) |
| XYZ | xyz(6.9948,8.4283,1.2582) |