Optimist Gold Color

#e9ab51

Optimist Gold 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 #1654ae
Complementary Color #518fe9
Color Shade: orange (35.53° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 61.57% (better contrasting with white)
Optimist Gold Color Sample
Optimist Gold Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #e9ab51

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Optimist Gold Color. The Saber-Toothed Tiger color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Apricot Nectar (#ecaa79) for more calm effect. Try Status Bronze as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#518fe9 is the best complementary color to Optimist Gold. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #e9ab51 complementary color is Cornflower 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 Ronchi are #e95e51 and #dbe951. Thus found on the left and right of #e9ab51 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Burnt Sienna and Confetti colors as they work well with Optimist Gold.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Optimist Gold palette consists of #5e51e9 and #51dbe9 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#518fe9). Try Royal Blue and Turquoise Blue colors in combination with #e9ab51, 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 #e9ab51 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 Optimist Gold. Thus Medium Purple and Turquoise giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Optimist Gold contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Cornflower Blue, Pastel Green, and Lavender Magenta split by 90° on the color wheel. #e9ab51 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. Optimist Gold tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#518fe9) and two others. The Turquoise is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and French Rose – 120° from the complementary Cornflower Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #51e9ab and #e9518e.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #e9ab51 is made of 48% red, 35% green and 17% blue. In a HSL mode Optimist Gold has a hue angle of 35.53°, a saturation of 77.55% and a lightness of 61.57%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #e9ab51 is made of 0% cyan, 24.31% magenta, 59.61% yellow and 8.63% black ink.

HEX #e9ab51
RGB Decimal rgb(233,171,81)
RGB Percentage 48%, 35%, 17%
CMYK 0, 24.31, 59.61, 8.63
HSL hsl(35.53,77.55%,61.57%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(35.53,65.24%,91.37%)
CIE-LAB lab(74.2176,13.8207,54.0099)
XYZ xyz(49.6524,47.0435,14.2479)
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