Lemon Bar Color

#cea02f

Lemon Bar 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 #315fd0
Complementary Color #2f5cce
Color Shade: orange (42.64° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 49.61% (better contrasting with white)
Lemon Bar Color Sample
Lemon Bar Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #cea02f

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Lemon Bar Color. The Turmeric Tea color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Ghee Yellow (#d8bc23) for more energetic effect. Try Faint Green as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#2f5cce is the best complementary color to Lemon Bar. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #cea02f complementary color is Mariner, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid red, orange, and mid yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Hokey Pokey are #ce502f and #acce2f. Thus found on the left and right of #cea02f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Valencia and Atlantis colors as they work well with Lemon Bar.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Lemon Bar palette consists of #502fce and #2facce colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#2f5cce). Try Purple Heart and Scooter colors in combination with #cea02f, 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 #cea02f 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 Lemon Bar. Thus Purple Heart and Shamrock giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Lemon Bar contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Mariner, Emerald, and Cerise split by 90° on the color wheel. #cea02f square combo is a palette of orange, mid green, blue cyan and mid 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. Lemon Bar tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#2f5cce) and two others. The Shamrock is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Brick Red – 120° from the complementary Mariner. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #2fcea0 and #ce2f5c.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #cea02f is made of 50% red, 39% green and 11% blue. In a HSL mode Lemon Bar has a hue angle of 42.64°, a saturation of 62.85% and a lightness of 49.61%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #cea02f is made of 0% cyan, 18.03% magenta, 62.35% yellow and 19.22% black ink.

HEX #cea02f
RGB Decimal rgb(206,160,47)
RGB Percentage 50%, 39%, 11%
CMYK 0, 18.03, 62.35, 19.22
HSL hsl(42.64,62.85%,49.61%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(42.64,77.18%,80.78%)
CIE-LAB lab(68.3646,6.4304,61.3992)
XYZ xyz(38.5375,38.4687,8.0834)
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