Fuel Yellow Color

#eca927

Fuel Yellow 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 #1356d8
Complementary Color #276aec
Color Shade: orange (39.59° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 53.92% (better contrasting with white)
Fuel Yellow Color Sample
Fuel Yellow Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #eca927

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Fuel Yellow Color. The Pesto Calabrese 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 Colorado Peach (#e6994c) for more calm effect. Try Durian Yellow as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#276aec is the best complementary color to Fuel Yellow. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #eca927 complementary color is Royal 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 Fuel Yellow are #ec4627 and #ccec27. Thus found on the left and right of #eca927 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Pomegranate and Las Palmas colors as they work well with Fuel Yellow.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Fuel Yellow palette consists of #4627ec and #27ccec colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#276aec). Try Royal Blue and Picton Blue colors in combination with #eca927, 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 #eca927 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 Fuel Yellow. Thus Electric Violet and Java giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Fuel Yellow contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Royal Blue, Malachite, and Shocking Pink split by 90° on the color wheel. #eca927 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. Fuel Yellow tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#276aec) and two others. The Java 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 #27eca9 and #ec276a.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #eca927 is made of 53% red, 38% green and 9% blue. In a HSL mode Fuel Yellow has a hue angle of 39.59°, a saturation of 83.83% and a lightness of 53.92%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #eca927 is made of 0% cyan, 26.28% magenta, 77.26% yellow and 7.45% black ink.

HEX #eca927
RGB Decimal rgb(236,169,39)
RGB Percentage 53%, 38%, 9%
CMYK 0, 26.28, 77.26, 7.45
HSL hsl(39.59,83.83%,53.92%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(39.59,83.47%,92.55%)
CIE-LAB lab(73.7755,14.3535,70.0636)
XYZ xyz(49.1462,46.3553,8.2766)
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