Gold Foil Color

#d99f4d

Gold Foil 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 #2660b2
Complementary Color #4d86d8
Color Shade: orange (35.14° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 57.65% (better contrasting with white)
Gold Foil Color Sample
Gold Foil Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #d99f4d

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Gold Foil Color. The Exotic Honey color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Rapakivi Granite (#d28239) for more calm effect. Try Mexican Spirit as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#4d86d8 is the best complementary color to Gold Foil. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #d99f4d 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 Di Serria are #d8594d and #ccd84d. Thus found on the left and right of #d99f4d on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Red Damask and Wattle colors as they work well with Gold Foil.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Gold Foil palette consists of #584dd8 and #4dccd8 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#4d86d8). Try Royal Blue and Viking colors in combination with #d99f4d, 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 #d99f4d 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 Gold Foil. Thus Medium Purple and Shamrock giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Gold Foil contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Havelock Blue, Emerald, and Orchid split by 90° on the color wheel. #d99f4d 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. Gold Foil tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#4d86d8) and two others. The Shamrock is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Cranberry – 120° from the complementary Havelock Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #4dd89e and #d84d86.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #d99f4d is made of 48% red, 35% green and 17% blue. In a HSL mode Gold Foil has a hue angle of 35.14°, a saturation of 64.81% and a lightness of 57.65%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #d99f4d is made of 0% cyan, 22.75% magenta, 54.9% yellow and 14.9% black ink.

HEX #d99f4d
RGB Decimal rgb(217,159,77)
RGB Percentage 48%, 35%, 17%
CMYK 0, 22.75, 54.9, 14.9
HSL hsl(35.14,64.81%,57.65%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(35.14,64.52%,85.1%)
CIE-LAB lab(69.5292,13.2416,50.194)
XYZ xyz(42.353,40.0838,12.5259)
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