Fountain Frolic Color

#e4e4c5

Fountain Frolic is pale, 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 #1b1b3a
Complementary Color #c5c5e3
Color Shade: warm yellow (60° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 83.33% (better contrasting with black)
Fountain Frolic Color Sample
Fountain Frolic Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #e4e4c5

If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Fountain Frolic Color. The Fog White 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 Abaidh White (#f2f1e6) for more calm effect. Try Angel's Feather as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#c5c5e3 is the best complementary color to Fountain Frolic. 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 #e4e4c5 complementary color is Periwinkle Gray, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of orange, warm yellow, and cool yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Beryl Green are #e3d4c5 and #d4e3c5. Thus found on the left and right of #e4e4c5 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Bone and Kidnapper colors as they work well with Fountain Frolic.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Fountain Frolic palette consists of #d4c5e3 and #c5d4e3 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#c5c5e3). Try Prelude and Botticelli colors in combination with #e4e4c5, 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 #e4e4c5 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 Fountain Frolic. Thus Twilight and Botticelli giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Fountain Frolic contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Periwinkle Gray, Edgewater, and Melanie split by 90° on the color wheel. #e4e4c5 square combo is a palette of warm yellow, green cyan, 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. Fountain Frolic tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#c5c5e3) and two others. The Botticelli is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Dust Storm – 120° from the complementary Periwinkle Gray. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #c5e3e3 and #e3c5c5.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #e4e4c5 is made of 35% red, 35% green and 30% blue. In a HSL mode Fountain Frolic has a hue angle of 60°, a saturation of 36.47% and a lightness of 83.33%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #e4e4c5 is made of 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 12.16% yellow and 10.59% black ink.

HEX #e4e4c5
RGB Decimal rgb(228,228,197)
RGB Percentage 35%, 35%, 30%
CMYK 0, 0, 12.16, 10.59
HSL hsl(60,36.47%,83.33%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(60,13.6%,89.41%)
CIE-LAB lab(89.8649,-5.1761,15.1528)
XYZ xyz(69.8164,76.012,63.8154)
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