Pale Celery 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 | #161638 |
| Complementary Color | #c7c7e8 |
| Color Shade: | warm yellow (60° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 84.71% (better contrasting with black) |
If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Pale Celery Color. The Cumulus 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 Dear Reader (#f5f3e6) for more calm effect. Try Moon Rise as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#c7c7e8 is the best complementary color to Pale Celery. 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 #e9e9c7 complementary color is Periwinkle Gray, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of orange, warm yellow, and cool yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Aths Special are #e8d8c7 and #d8e8c7. Thus found on the left and right of #e9e9c7 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Bone and Beryl Green colors as they work well with Pale Celery.
The split-complementary Pale Celery palette consists of #d7c7e8 and #c7d7e8 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#c7c7e8). Try Prelude and Periwinkle Gray colors in combination with #e9e9c7, 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 #e9e9c7 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 Pale Celery. Thus Melanie and Jagged Ice giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Pale Celery contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Periwinkle Gray, Skeptic, and Melanie split by 90° on the color wheel. #e9e9c7 square combo is a palette of warm yellow, green cyan, 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. Pale Celery tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#c7c7e8) and two others. The Jagged Ice is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Oyster Pink – 120° from the complementary Periwinkle Gray. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #c7e8e8 and #e8c7c7.
In a RGB color space, hex #e9e9c7 is made of 35% red, 35% green and 30% blue. In a HSL mode Pale Celery has a hue angle of 60°, a saturation of 43.59% and a lightness of 84.71%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #e9e9c7 is made of 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 13.33% yellow and 8.63% black ink.
| HEX | #e9e9c7 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(233,233,199) |
| RGB Percentage | 35%, 35%, 30% |
| CMYK | 0, 0, 13.33, 8.63 |
| HSL | hsl(60,43.59%,84.71%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(60,14.59%,91.37%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(91.5613,-5.6239,16.5566) |
| XYZ | xyz(73.052,79.725,65.571) |