Highlight Gold Color

#dfc16d

Highlight Gold is calm, 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 #203e92
Complementary Color #6d8ade
Color Shade: orange (44.21° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 65.1% (better contrasting with white)
Highlight Gold Color Sample
Highlight Gold Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #dfc16d

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Highlight Gold Color. The Sahara Shade color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Ungor Flesh (#d6a766) for more calm effect. Try Golden Apricot as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#6d8ade is the best complementary color to Highlight Gold. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #dfc16d 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 Apache are #de886d and #c3de6d. Thus found on the left and right of #dfc16d on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Copperfield and Yellow Green colors as they work well with Highlight Gold.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Highlight Gold palette consists of #886dde and #6dc3de colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#6d8ade). Try Medium Purple and Viking colors in combination with #dfc16d, 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 #dfc16d 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 Highlight Gold. Thus Lavender and Bermuda giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Highlight Gold contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Havelock Blue, Pastel Green, and Orchid split by 90° on the color wheel. #dfc16d 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. Highlight Gold tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#6d8ade) and two others. The Bermuda is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Deep Blush – 120° from the complementary Havelock Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #6ddec1 and #de6d8b.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #dfc16d is made of 42% red, 37% green and 21% blue. In a HSL mode Highlight Gold has a hue angle of 44.21°, a saturation of 64.04% and a lightness of 65.1%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #dfc16d is made of 0% cyan, 11.76% magenta, 44.7% yellow and 12.55% black ink.

HEX #dfc16d
RGB Decimal rgb(223,193,109)
RGB Percentage 42%, 37%, 21%
CMYK 0, 11.76, 44.7, 12.55
HSL hsl(44.21,64.04%,65.1%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(44.21,51.12%,87.45%)
CIE-LAB lab(79.0021,0.1319,45.8774)
XYZ xyz(52.2617,54.932,22.3165)
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