Deadly Yellow Color

#dead00

Deadly Yellow is soft, warm-toned shade of warm yellow. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool blue, warm magenta or warm cyan

Inverse Color #2152ff
Complementary Color #0030de
Color Shade: warm yellow (46.76° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 43.53% (better contrasting with white)
Deadly Yellow Color Sample
Deadly Yellow Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #dead00

If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Deadly Yellow Color. The Yellow Tang color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a orange bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Beige Red (#de9408) for more calm effect. Try Mad For Mango as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#0030de is the best complementary color to Deadly Yellow. 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 #dead00 complementary color is Dark Blue, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm red, warm yellow, and cool yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Corn are #de3e00 and #9fde00. Thus found on the left and right of #dead00 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Grenadier and Citrus colors as they work well with Deadly Yellow.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Deadly Yellow palette consists of #3e00de and #009fde colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#0030de). Try Dark Blue and Cerulean colors in combination with #dead00, 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 #dead00 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 Deadly Yellow. Thus Electric Violet and Caribbean Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Deadly Yellow contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Dark Blue, Malachite, and Hollywood Cerise split by 90° on the color wheel. #dead00 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. Deadly Yellow tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#0030de) and two others. The Caribbean Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Monza – 120° from the complementary Dark Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #00dead and #de0030.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #dead00 is made of 56% red, 44% green and 0% blue. In a HSL mode Deadly Yellow has a hue angle of 46.76°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 43.53%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #dead00 is made of 0% cyan, 19.22% magenta, 87.06% yellow and 12.94% black ink.

HEX #dead00
RGB Decimal rgb(222,173,0)
RGB Percentage 56%, 44%, 0%
CMYK 0, 19.22, 87.06, 12.94
HSL hsl(46.76,100%,43.53%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(46.76,100%,87.06%)
CIE-LAB lab(73.1655,5.5596,76.0076)
XYZ xyz(45.0678,45.4167,6.391)
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