Golden Cartridge is calm, warm-toned shade of warm yellow. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool blue, warm magenta or warm cyan
| Inverse Color | #424894 |
| Complementary Color | #6b71bd |
| Color Shade: | warm yellow (55.61° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 58.04% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Golden Cartridge Color. The Gremlin 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 Spanish Gold (#b09a4f) for more calm effect. Try Kathmandu as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#6b71bd is the best complementary color to Golden Cartridge. 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 #bdb76b complementary color is Blue Marguerite, 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 #bd8e6b and #9abd6b. Thus found on the left and right of #bdb76b on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Muddy Waters and Olivine colors as they work well with Golden Cartridge.
The split-complementary Golden Cartridge palette consists of #8d6bbd and #6b9abd colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#6b71bd). Try Wisteria and Ship Cove colors in combination with #bdb76b, 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 #bdb76b offers a combination of cool magenta and warm cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Golden Cartridge. Thus Wisteria and Tradewind giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Golden Cartridge contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Blue Marguerite, Silver Tree, and Tapestry split by 90° on the color wheel. #bdb76b 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. Golden Cartridge tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#6b71bd) and two others. The Tradewind is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Contessa – 120° from the complementary Blue Marguerite. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #6bbdb6 and #bd6b70.
In a RGB color space, hex #bdb76b is made of 39% red, 38% green and 22% blue. In a HSL mode Golden Cartridge has a hue angle of 55.61°, a saturation of 38.32% and a lightness of 58.04%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #bdb76b is made of 0% cyan, 2.36% magenta, 32.16% yellow and 25.88% black ink.
| HEX | #bdb76b |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(189,183,107) |
| RGB Percentage | 39%, 38%, 22% |
| CMYK | 0, 2.36, 32.16, 25.88 |
| HSL | hsl(55.61,38.32%,58.04%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(55.61,43.39%,74.12%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(73.3813,-8.7872,39.2876) |
| XYZ | xyz(40.5736,45.7473,20.6016) |