Golden Frame Color

#e2b31b

Golden Frame 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 #1d4ce4
Complementary Color #1a49e2
Color Shade: warm yellow (45.83° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 49.61% (better contrasting with white)
Golden Frame Color Sample
Golden Frame Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #e2b31b

If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Golden Frame Color. The Tiger King 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 Amok (#ddcc22) for more calm effect. Try Polliwog as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#1a49e2 is the best complementary color to Golden Frame. 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 #e2b31b complementary color is Persian 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 Golden Grass are #e24f1a and #ade21a. Thus found on the left and right of #e2b31b on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Hot Cinnamon and Inch Worm colors as they work well with Golden Frame.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Golden Frame palette consists of #4f1ae2 and #1aade2 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#1a49e2). Try Purple Heart and Curious Blue colors in combination with #e2b31b, 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 #e2b31b 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 Golden Frame. Thus Electric Violet and Java giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Golden Frame contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Persian Blue, Malachite, and Red Violet split by 90° on the color wheel. #e2b31b 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. Golden Frame tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#1a49e2) and two others. The Java is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Crimson – 120° from the complementary Persian Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #1ae2b3 and #e21a49.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #e2b31b is made of 52% red, 41% green and 6% blue. In a HSL mode Golden Frame has a hue angle of 45.83°, a saturation of 78.66% and a lightness of 49.61%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #e2b31b is made of 0% cyan, 18.43% magenta, 78.04% yellow and 11.37% black ink.

HEX #e2b31b
RGB Decimal rgb(226,179,27)
RGB Percentage 52%, 41%, 6%
CMYK 0, 18.43, 78.04, 11.37
HSL hsl(45.83,78.66%,49.61%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(45.83,88.05%,88.63%)
CIE-LAB lab(75.1317,4.4816,73.7672)
XYZ xyz(47.682,48.4881,7.8829)
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