Pickled Limes 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 | #44e |
| Complementary Color | #1010bb |
| Color Shade: | warm yellow (60° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 40% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Pickled Limes Color. The Sahara color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a orange bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Pea Soup Green (#94a617) for more calm effect. Try Golden Chandelier as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#1010bb is the best complementary color to Pickled Limes. 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 #bb1 complementary color is Torea Bay, 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 White are #bb6510 and #66bb10. Thus found on the left and right of #bb1 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Pumpkin Skin and Christi colors as they work well with Pickled Limes.
The split-complementary Pickled Limes palette consists of #6510bb and #1065bb colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#1010bb). Try Purple and Denim colors in combination with #bb1, 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 #bb1 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 Pickled Limes. Thus Violet Eggplant and Java giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Pickled Limes contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Torea Bay, Malachite, and Jazzberry Jam split by 90° on the color wheel. #bb1 square combo is a palette of warm yellow, green cyan, 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. Pickled Limes tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#1010bb) and two others. The Java is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Thunderbird – 120° from the complementary Torea Bay. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #10babb and #bb1010.
In a RGB color space, hex #bbbb11 is made of 48% red, 48% green and 4% blue. In a HSL mode Pickled Limes has a hue angle of 60°, a saturation of 83.33% and a lightness of 40%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #bbbb11 is made of 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 66.66% yellow and 26.67% black ink.
| HEX | #bbbb11 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(187,187,17) |
| RGB Percentage | 48%, 48%, 4% |
| CMYK | 0, 0, 66.66, 26.67 |
| HSL | hsl(60,83.33%,40%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(60,90.91%,73.33%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(73.6401,-16.8617,72.8774) |
| XYZ | xyz(38.365,46.1459,7.4153) |