Cocktail Onion is pale, warm-toned shade of mid yellow. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with mid blue, red magenta or mid cyan
| Inverse Color | #231d52 |
| Complementary Color | #b3ade2 |
| Color Shade: | mid yellow (66.79° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 78.24% (better contrasting with black) |
If you're looking for a similar mid yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Cocktail Onion Color. The Bite the Bullet color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm yellow bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Giggle (#eff0d3) for more energetic effect. Try Palmito as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#b3ade2 is the best complementary color to Cocktail Onion. Mid blue shades generally complement the mid yellow hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #dce2ad complementary color is Cold Purple, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of orange, mid yellow, and yellow green colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Sapling are #e2cdad and #c1e2ad. Thus found on the left and right of #dce2ad on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Grain Brown and Celadon colors as they work well with Cocktail Onion.
The split-complementary Cocktail Onion palette consists of #cdade2 and #adc1e2 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#b3ade2). Try Light Wisteria and Spindle colors in combination with #dce2ad, 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 #dce2ad offers a combination of mid magenta and mid cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Cocktail Onion. Thus Light Orchid and Powder Blue giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Cocktail Onion contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Cold Purple, Fringy Flower, and Rose Fog split by 90° on the color wheel. #dce2ad square combo is a palette of mid yellow, green cyan, mid blue and red magenta shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Cocktail Onion tetradic combo consists of mid blue complementary color (#b3ade2) and two others. The Powder Blue is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Rose Fog – 120° from the complementary Cold Purple. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #addbe2 and #e2b3ad.
In a RGB color space, hex #dce2ad is made of 36% red, 37% green and 28% blue. In a HSL mode Cocktail Onion has a hue angle of 66.79°, a saturation of 47.75% and a lightness of 78.24%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #dce2ad is made of 2.36% cyan, 0% magenta, 20.79% yellow and 11.37% black ink.
| HEX | #dce2ad |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(220,226,173) |
| RGB Percentage | 36%, 37%, 28% |
| CMYK | 2.36, 0, 20.79, 11.37 |
| HSL | hsl(66.79,47.75%,78.24%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(66.79,23.45%,88.63%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(88.2688,-10.6094,25.3022) |
| XYZ | xyz(64.2544,72.6255,50.1667) |