Duck Sauce is soft, warm-toned shade of orange. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with blue cyan, mid magenta or green cyan
| Inverse Color | #36d |
| Complementary Color | #2154cc |
| Color Shade: | orange (42° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 46.67% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Duck Sauce Color. The Geebung color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Solarium (#e1ba36) for more energetic effect. Try Apricot Chicken as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#2154cc is the best complementary color to Duck Sauce. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #c92 complementary color is Mariner, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of mid red, orange, and mid yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of White are #cc4321 and #a9cc21. Thus found on the left and right of #c92 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Orange Roughy and Key Lime Pie colors as they work well with Duck Sauce.
The split-complementary Duck Sauce palette consists of #4321cc and #21a9cc colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#2154cc). Try Purple Heart and Curious Blue colors in combination with #c92, 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 #c92 offers a combination of violet and green cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Duck Sauce. Thus Purple Heart and Mountain Meadow giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Duck Sauce contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Mariner, Malachite, and Cerise split by 90° on the color wheel. #c92 square combo is a palette of orange, mid green, blue cyan and mid magenta shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Duck Sauce tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#2154cc) and two others. The Mountain Meadow is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Maroon Flush – 120° from the complementary Mariner. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #21cc99 and #cc2154.
In a RGB color space, hex #cc9922 is made of 52% red, 39% green and 9% blue. In a HSL mode Duck Sauce has a hue angle of 42°, a saturation of 71.43% and a lightness of 46.67%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #cc9922 is made of 0% cyan, 20% magenta, 66.67% yellow and 20% black ink.
| HEX | #cc9922 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(204,153,34) |
| RGB Percentage | 52%, 39%, 9% |
| CMYK | 0, 20, 66.67, 20 |
| HSL | hsl(42,71.43%,46.67%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(42,83.33%,80%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(66.3172,8.8864,63.8294) |
| XYZ | xyz(36.5818,35.7353,6.4829) |