Gold Winged Color

#e6d682

Gold Winged is calm, 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 #19297d
Complementary Color #8192e6
Color Shade: warm yellow (50.4° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 70.59% (better contrasting with black)
Gold Winged Color Sample
Gold Winged Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #e6d682

If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Gold Winged Color. The Golden Appeal color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a orange bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Sun God (#dfba5a) for more energetic effect. Try Crop Circle as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#8192e6 is the best complementary color to Gold Winged. 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 #e6d682 complementary color is Portage, 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 Putty are #e6a381 and #c3e681. Thus found on the left and right of #e6d682 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Tonys Pink and Yellow Green colors as they work well with Gold Winged.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Gold Winged palette consists of #a381e6 and #81c3e6 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#8192e6). Try Dull Lavender and Seagull colors in combination with #e6d682, 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 #e6d682 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 Gold Winged. Thus Lavender and Riptide giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Gold Winged contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Portage, Algae Green, and Carissma split by 90° on the color wheel. #e6d682 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. Gold Winged tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#8192e6) and two others. The Riptide is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Deep Blush – 120° from the complementary Portage. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #81e6d5 and #e68192.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #e6d682 is made of 40% red, 37% green and 23% blue. In a HSL mode Gold Winged has a hue angle of 50.4°, a saturation of 66.67% and a lightness of 70.59%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #e6d682 is made of 0% cyan, 6.28% magenta, 39.22% yellow and 9.8% black ink.

HEX #e6d682
RGB Decimal rgb(230,214,130)
RGB Percentage 40%, 37%, 23%
CMYK 0, 6.28, 39.22, 9.8
HSL hsl(50.4,66.67%,70.59%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(50.4,43.48%,90.2%)
CIE-LAB lab(85.2649,-5.8861,43.3623)
XYZ xyz(60.709,66.5278,30.7605)
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