Texas Color

#ece67e

Texas is calm, 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 #131981
Complementary Color #7e83ec
Color Shade: warm yellow (56.73° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 70.98% (better contrasting with black)
Texas Color Sample
Texas Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #ece67e

If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Texas Color. The Venus color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a orange bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called French Vanilla (#efe1a7) for more calm effect. Try Turning Oakleaf as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#7e83ec is the best complementary color to Texas. 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 #ece67e complementary color is Portage, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm red, warm yellow, and cool yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Flax are #ecaf7e and #bbec7e. Thus found on the left and right of #ece67e on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Tacao and Sulu colors as they work well with Texas.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Texas palette consists of #af7eec and #7ebbec colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#7e83ec). Try Biloba Flower and Seagull colors in combination with #ece67e, 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 #ece67e 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 Texas. Thus Lavender and Spray giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Texas contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Portage, Riptide, and Carissma split by 90° on the color wheel. #ece67e square combo is a palette of warm yellow, cool green, cool blue and warm 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. Texas tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#7e83ec) and two others. The Spray is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Apricot – 120° from the complementary Portage. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #7eece6 and #ec7e83.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #ece67e is made of 40% red, 39% green and 21% blue. In a HSL mode Texas has a hue angle of 56.73°, a saturation of 74.32% and a lightness of 70.98%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ece67e is made of 0% cyan, 2.35% magenta, 43.14% yellow and 7.45% black ink.

HEX #ece67e
RGB Decimal rgb(236,230,126)
RGB Percentage 40%, 39%, 21%
CMYK 0, 2.35, 43.14, 7.45
HSL hsl(56.73,74.32%,70.98%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(56.73,46.61%,92.55%)
CIE-LAB lab(89.8282,-11.9329,51.0572)
XYZ xyz(66.6548,75.9329,30.8821)
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