Garlic Toast Color

#dddd88

Garlic Toast is calm, warm-toned shade of warm yellow. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with cool blue, warm magenta or warm cyan

Inverse Color #227
Complementary Color #8888dc
Color Shade: warm yellow (60° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 70% (better contrasting with black)
Garlic Toast Color Sample
Garlic Toast Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #dddd88

If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Garlic Toast Color. The Chifle Yellow color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a orange bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Virgin Olive Oil (#e2dcab) for more calm effect. Try Buckwheat Groats as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#8888dc is the best complementary color to Garlic Toast. 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 #dd8 complementary color is Chetwode Blue, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm red, warm yellow, and yellow green colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of White are #dcb288 and #b2dc88. Thus found on the left and right of #dd8 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Tumbleweed and Feijoa colors as they work well with Garlic Toast.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Garlic Toast palette consists of #b288dc and #88b2dc colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#8888dc). Try Lavender and Cornflower colors in combination with #dd8, 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 #dd8 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 Garlic Toast. Thus Light Orchid and Bermuda giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Garlic Toast contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Chetwode Blue, Algae Green, and Shocking split by 90° on the color wheel. #dd8 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. Garlic Toast tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#8888dc) and two others. The Bermuda is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and New York Pink – 120° from the complementary Chetwode Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #88dcdc and #dc8888.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #dddd88 is made of 38% red, 38% green and 24% blue. In a HSL mode Garlic Toast has a hue angle of 60°, a saturation of 55.56% and a lightness of 70%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #dddd88 is made of 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 33.34% yellow and 13.33% black ink.

HEX #dddd88
RGB Decimal rgb(221,221,136)
RGB Percentage 38%, 38%, 24%
CMYK 0, 0, 33.34, 13.33
HSL hsl(60,55.56%,70%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(60,38.46%,86.67%)
CIE-LAB lab(86.436,-12.3326,41.7091)
XYZ xyz(60.1192,68.8626,33.4157)
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