Fiddlehead Fern Color

#c8c387

Fiddlehead Fern is pale, 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 #373c78
Complementary Color #878bc8
Color Shade: warm yellow (55.38° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 65.69% (better contrasting with white)
Fiddlehead Fern Color Sample
Fiddlehead Fern Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #c8c387

If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Fiddlehead Fern Color. The Crack Willow color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a orange bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Moth (#d2cbaf) for more calm effect. Try Green Bean Casserole as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#878bc8 is the best complementary color to Fiddlehead Fern. 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 #c8c387 complementary color is Blue Bell, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm red, warm yellow, and cool yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Yuma are #c8a287 and #acc887. Thus found on the left and right of #c8c387 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Sorrell Brown and Pine Glade colors as they work well with Fiddlehead Fern.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Fiddlehead Fern palette consists of #a287c8 and #87acc8 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#878bc8). Try East Side and Polo Blue colors in combination with #c8c387, 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 #c8c387 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 Fiddlehead Fern. Thus East Side and Half Baked giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Fiddlehead Fern contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Blue Bell, De York, and Viola split by 90° on the color wheel. #c8c387 square combo is a palette of warm yellow, cool green, cool blue and warm 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. Fiddlehead Fern tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#878bc8) and two others. The Half Baked is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Puce – 120° from the complementary Blue Bell. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #87c8c3 and #c8878c.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #c8c387 is made of 38% red, 37% green and 25% blue. In a HSL mode Fiddlehead Fern has a hue angle of 55.38°, a saturation of 37.14% and a lightness of 65.69%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #c8c387 is made of 0% cyan, 1.96% magenta, 25.49% yellow and 21.57% black ink.

HEX #c8c387
RGB Decimal rgb(200,195,135)
RGB Percentage 38%, 37%, 25%
CMYK 0, 1.96, 25.49, 21.57
HSL hsl(55.38,37.14%,65.69%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(55.38,32.5%,78.43%)
CIE-LAB lab(77.9097,-7.421,30.8403)
XYZ xyz(47.7077,53.0588,30.6486)
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