Gold Tips Color

#e2b227

Gold Tips 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 #1d4dd8
Complementary Color #2756e1
Color Shade: orange (44.6° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 51.96% (better contrasting with white)
Gold Tips Color Sample
Gold Tips Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #e2b227

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Gold Tips Color. The Intense Yellow color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Earls Green (#b8a722) for more calm effect. Try Confetti as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#2756e1 is the best complementary color to Gold Tips. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #e2b227 complementary color is Royal 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 Golden Grass are #e15427 and #b4e127. Thus found on the left and right of #e2b227 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Cinnabar and Pear colors as they work well with Gold Tips.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Gold Tips palette consists of #5427e1 and #27b4e1 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#2756e1). Try Purple Heart and Scooter colors in combination with #e2b227, 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 #e2b227 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 Tips. Thus Purple Heart and Turquoise giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Gold Tips contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Royal Blue, Malachite, and Cerise split by 90° on the color wheel. #e2b227 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 Tips tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#2756e1) and two others. The Turquoise is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Amaranth – 120° from the complementary Royal Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #27e1b1 and #e12756.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #e2b227 is made of 51% red, 40% green and 9% blue. In a HSL mode Gold Tips has a hue angle of 44.6°, a saturation of 76.33% and a lightness of 51.96%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #e2b227 is made of 0% cyan, 18.83% magenta, 73.34% yellow and 11.37% black ink.

HEX #e2b227
RGB Decimal rgb(226,178,39)
RGB Percentage 51%, 40%, 9%
CMYK 0, 18.83, 73.34, 11.37
HSL hsl(44.6,76.33%,51.96%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(44.6,82.74%,88.63%)
CIE-LAB lab(74.9232,5.2933,70.6119)
XYZ xyz(47.6506,48.156,8.703)
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