Mineral Yellow Color

#d39c43

Mineral Yellow 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 #2c63bc
Complementary Color #4379d2
Color Shade: orange (37.08° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 54.51% (better contrasting with white)
Mineral Yellow Color Sample
Mineral Yellow Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #d39c43

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Mineral Yellow Color. The Gold Gleam color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Melted Copper (#ce8544) for more calm effect. Try Trumpet as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#4379d2 is the best complementary color to Mineral Yellow. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #d39c43 complementary color is Havelock Blue, 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 Old Gold are #d25443 and #c1d243. Thus found on the left and right of #d39c43 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Valencia and Turmeric colors as they work well with Mineral Yellow.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Mineral Yellow palette consists of #5443d2 and #43c1d2 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#4379d2). Try Purple Heart and Shakespeare colors in combination with #d39c43, 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 #d39c43 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 Mineral Yellow. Thus Amethyst and Shamrock giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Mineral Yellow contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Havelock Blue, Emerald, and Fuchsia Pink split by 90° on the color wheel. #d39c43 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. Mineral Yellow tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#4379d2) and two others. The Shamrock is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Cabaret – 120° from the complementary Havelock Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #43d29c and #d24379.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #d39c43 is made of 49% red, 36% green and 15% blue. In a HSL mode Mineral Yellow has a hue angle of 37.08°, a saturation of 62.07% and a lightness of 54.51%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #d39c43 is made of 0% cyan, 21.57% magenta, 56.48% yellow and 17.25% black ink.

HEX #d39c43
RGB Decimal rgb(211,156,67)
RGB Percentage 49%, 36%, 15%
CMYK 0, 21.57, 56.48, 17.25
HSL hsl(37.08,62.07%,54.51%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(37.08,68.25%,82.75%)
CIE-LAB lab(68.0435,11.7044,53.0277)
XYZ xyz(39.7656,38.0311,10.555)
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