Citrus Sugar is soft, 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 | #1926bc |
| Complementary Color | #4350e5 |
| Color Shade: | warm yellow (55.21° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 58.24% (better contrasting with black) |
If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Citrus Sugar Color. The Bollywood color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a orange bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Super Lemon (#e4bf45) for more calm effect. Try Credo as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#4350e5 is the best complementary color to Citrus Sugar. 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 #e6d943 complementary color is Royal Blue, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of warm red, warm yellow, and cool yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Confetti are #e58743 and #a1e543. Thus found on the left and right of #e6d943 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Burnt Sienna and Conifer colors as they work well with Citrus Sugar.
The split-complementary Citrus Sugar palette consists of #8743e5 and #43a1e5 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#4350e5). Try Medium Purple and Picton Blue colors in combination with #e6d943, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.
The triadic palette of #e6d943 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 Citrus Sugar. Thus Lavender and Turquoise giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Citrus Sugar contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Royal Blue, Shamrock, and Cerise split by 90° on the color wheel. #e6d943 square combo is a palette of warm yellow, cool green, cool blue and warm magenta shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Citrus Sugar tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#4350e5) 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 #43e5d9 and #e54350.
In a RGB color space, hex #e6d943 is made of 45% red, 42% green and 13% blue. In a HSL mode Citrus Sugar has a hue angle of 55.21°, a saturation of 76.53% and a lightness of 58.24%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #e6d943 is made of 0% cyan, 5.1% magenta, 63.93% yellow and 9.8% black ink.
| HEX | #e6d943 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(230,217,67) |
| RGB Percentage | 45%, 42%, 13% |
| CMYK | 0, 5.1, 63.93, 9.8 |
| HSL | hsl(55.21,76.53%,58.24%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(55.21,70.87%,90.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(85.4301,-11.9845,71.2811) |
| XYZ | xyz(58.4591,66.854,15.1332) |