Coriander Seed is pale, warm-toned shade of warm yellow. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool blue, warm magenta or green cyan
| Inverse Color | #425590 |
| Complementary Color | #6f82bd |
| Color Shade: | warm yellow (45.38° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 58.82% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Coriander Seed Color. The Wood Green color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a orange bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Honey Mustard (#b68f52) for more energetic effect. Try Alpha Gold as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#6f82bd is the best complementary color to Coriander Seed. 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 #bdaa6f complementary color is Ship Cove, 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 Gimblet are #bd836f and #a9bd6f. Thus found on the left and right of #bdaa6f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Old Rose and Olivine colors as they work well with Coriander Seed.
The split-complementary Coriander Seed palette consists of #826fbd and #6fa9bd colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#6f82bd). Try Wisteria and Glacier colors in combination with #bdaa6f, 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 #bdaa6f offers a combination of cool magenta and green cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Coriander Seed. Thus Wisteria and Tradewind giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Coriander Seed contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Ship Cove, De York, and Viola split by 90° on the color wheel. #bdaa6f 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. Coriander Seed tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#6f82bd) and two others. The Tradewind is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Turkish Rose – 120° from the complementary Ship Cove. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #6fbda9 and #bd6f82.
In a RGB color space, hex #bdaa6f is made of 40% red, 36% green and 24% blue. In a HSL mode Coriander Seed has a hue angle of 45.38°, a saturation of 37.14% and a lightness of 58.82%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #bdaa6f is made of 0% cyan, 7.45% magenta, 30.59% yellow and 25.88% black ink.
| HEX | #bdaa6f |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(189,170,111) |
| RGB Percentage | 40%, 36%, 24% |
| CMYK | 0, 7.45, 30.59, 25.88 |
| HSL | hsl(45.38,37.14%,58.82%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(45.38,41.27%,74.12%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(69.9765,-1.5034,32.8969) |
| XYZ | xyz(38.2302,40.716,20.8829) |