Heart Gold is soft, warm-toned shade of warm yellow. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool blue, warm magenta or mid cyan
| Inverse Color | #7f7fff |
| Complementary Color | #000080 |
| Color Shade: | warm yellow (60° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 25.1% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Heart Gold Color. The Moscow Papyrus color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a orange bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Devil's Flower Mantis (#8f9805) for more calm effect. Try Pea Soup as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#000080 is the best complementary color to Heart Gold. 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 #808000 complementary color is Navy Blue, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of warm red, warm yellow, and cool yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Olive are #804000 and #408000. Thus found on the left and right of #808000 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Cinnamon and Verdun Green colors as they work well with Heart Gold.
The split-complementary Heart Gold palette consists of #3f0080 and #003f80 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#000080). Try Pigment Indigo and Congress Blue colors in combination with #808000, 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 #808000 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 Heart Gold. Thus Fresh Eggplant and Teal giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Heart Gold contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Navy Blue, Fun Green, and Siren split by 90° on the color wheel. #808000 square combo is a palette of warm yellow, cool green, cool blue and warm magenta shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Heart Gold tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#000080) and two others. The Teal is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Maroon – 120° from the complementary Navy Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #007f80 and #800000.
In a RGB color space, hex #808000 is made of 50% red, 50% green and 0% blue. In a HSL mode Heart Gold has a hue angle of 60°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 25.1%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #808000 is made of 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 50.2% yellow and 49.8% black ink.
| HEX | #808000 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(128,128,0) |
| RGB Percentage | 50%, 50%, 0% |
| CMYK | 0, 0, 50.2, 49.8 |
| HSL | hsl(60,100%,25.1%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(60,100%,50.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(51.8683,-12.9308,56.6773) |
| XYZ | xyz(16.6213,20.0275,2.9897) |