Gorse Yellow Orange Color

#e99a3c

Gorse Yellow Orange 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 #1665c3
Complementary Color #3b8be9
Color Shade: orange (32.6° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 57.45% (better contrasting with white)
Gorse Yellow Orange Color Sample
Gorse Yellow Orange Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #e99a3c

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Gorse Yellow Orange Color. The Goku Orange color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called River of Gold (#e4b55d) for more calm effect. Try Gambol Gold as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#3b8be9 is the best complementary color to Gorse Yellow Orange. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #e99a3c complementary color is Picton 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 Fire Bush are #e9433b and #e1e93b. Thus found on the left and right of #e99a3c on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Cinnabar and Pear colors as they work well with Gorse Yellow Orange.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Gorse Yellow Orange palette consists of #433be9 and #3be1e9 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#3b8be9). Try Royal Blue and Picton Blue colors in combination with #e99a3c, 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 #e99a3c 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 Gorse Yellow Orange. Thus Medium Purple and Turquoise giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Gorse Yellow Orange contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Picton Blue, Malachite, and Razzle Dazzle Rose split by 90° on the color wheel. #e99a3c 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. Gorse Yellow Orange tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#3b8be9) and two others. The Turquoise is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Cerise – 120° from the complementary Picton Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #3be999 and #e93b8b.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #e99a3c is made of 52% red, 34% green and 13% blue. In a HSL mode Gorse Yellow Orange has a hue angle of 32.6°, a saturation of 79.72% and a lightness of 57.45%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #e99a3c is made of 0% cyan, 30.98% magenta, 67.84% yellow and 8.63% black ink.

HEX #e99a3c
RGB Decimal rgb(233,154,60)
RGB Percentage 52%, 34%, 13%
CMYK 0, 30.98, 67.84, 8.63
HSL hsl(32.6,79.72%,57.45%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(32.6,74.25%,91.37%)
CIE-LAB lab(70.0082,21.7686,58.9065)
XYZ xyz(45.9755,40.7611,9.7195)
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