Yellow Metal Color

#73633e

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)
Yellow Metal Color Sample
Yellow Metal Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #73633e

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.

Complementary Palette

#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.

Analogous Palette

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.

Split-complementary Palette

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.

Triadic Palette

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.

Square Palette

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.

Tetradic Palette

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.

Conversion Table

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)
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