Yellow Metal is pale, warm-toned shade of orange. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with blue cyan, mid magenta or green cyan
Inverse Color | #8c9cc1 |
Complementary Color | #3d4d73 |
Color Shade: | orange (41.89° hue) |
Color Temperature: | warm |
Lightness: | 34.71% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Yellow Metal Color. The Fern Grove color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Beggar (#5a4d39) for more calm effect. Try Beaumont Brown as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#3d4d73 is the best complementary color to Yellow Metal. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #73633e complementary color is East Bay, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of mid red, orange, and mid yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Yellow Metal are #73483d and #68733d. Thus found on the left and right of #73633e on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Spicy Mix and Dingley colors as they work well with Yellow Metal.
The split-complementary Yellow Metal palette consists of #483d73 and #3d6873 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#3d4d73). Try East Bay and William colors in combination with #73633e, 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 #73633e offers a combination of violet and green cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Yellow Metal. Thus Affair and Viridian giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Yellow Metal contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary East Bay, Killarney, and Cosmic split by 90° on the color wheel. #73633e square combo is a palette of orange, mid green, blue cyan and mid magenta shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Yellow Metal tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#3d4d73) and two others. The Viridian is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Cosmic – 120° from the complementary East Bay. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #3d7363 and #733d4d.
In a RGB color space, hex #73633e is made of 42% red, 36% green and 22% blue. In a HSL mode Yellow Metal has a hue angle of 41.89°, a saturation of 29.94% and a lightness of 34.71%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #73633e is made of 0% cyan, 6.28% magenta, 20.79% yellow and 54.9% black ink.
HEX | #73633e |
RGB Decimal | rgb(115,99,62) |
RGB Percentage | 42%, 36%, 22% |
CMYK | 0, 6.28, 20.79, 54.9 |
HSL | hsl(41.89,29.94%,34.71%) |
HSV (or HSB) | hsv(41.89,46.09%,45.1%) |
CIE-LAB | lab(42.6369,0.8549,23.3482) |
XYZ | xyz(12.4016,12.9163,6.3969) |