Floating Lily Pad Color

#ccc7a1

Floating Lily Pad 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 #33385e
Complementary Color #a1a6cb
Color Shade: warm yellow (53.02° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 71.57% (better contrasting with white)
Floating Lily Pad Color Sample
Floating Lily Pad Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #ccc7a1

If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Floating Lily Pad Color. The Kaffir Lime 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 Soda Pop (#c3c67e) for more energetic effect. Try Travertine Path as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#a1a6cb is the best complementary color to Floating Lily Pad. 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 #ccc7a1 complementary color is Logan, 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 Chino are #cbb1a1 and #bbcba1. Thus found on the left and right of #ccc7a1 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Rodeo Dust and Coriander colors as they work well with Floating Lily Pad.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Floating Lily Pad palette consists of #b1a1cb and #a1bbcb colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#a1a6cb). Try Logan and Rock Blue colors in combination with #ccc7a1, 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 #ccc7a1 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 Floating Lily Pad. Thus London Hue and Shadow Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Floating Lily Pad contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Logan, Spring Rain, and Lilac split by 90° on the color wheel. #ccc7a1 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. Floating Lily Pad tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#a1a6cb) and two others. The Shadow Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Eunry – 120° from the complementary Logan. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #a1cbc6 and #cba1a6.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #ccc7a1 is made of 36% red, 35% green and 29% blue. In a HSL mode Floating Lily Pad has a hue angle of 53.02°, a saturation of 29.66% and a lightness of 71.57%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ccc7a1 is made of 0% cyan, 1.96% magenta, 16.86% yellow and 20% black ink.

HEX #ccc7a1
RGB Decimal rgb(204,199,161)
RGB Percentage 36%, 35%, 29%
CMYK 0, 1.96, 16.86, 20
HSL hsl(53.02,29.66%,71.57%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(53.02,21.08%,80%)
CIE-LAB lab(79.7601,-4.4549,19.69)
XYZ xyz(51.7583,56.2574,41.849)
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