Bite the Bullet Color

#ecebce

Bite the Bullet 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 #131431
Complementary Color #cecfec
Color Shade: warm yellow (58° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 86.67% (better contrasting with black)
Bite the Bullet Color Sample
Bite the Bullet Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #ecebce

If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Bite the Bullet Color. The Cocktail Onion 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 Praxeti White (#f6f7ed) for more calm effect. Try Bit of Lime as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#cecfec is the best complementary color to Bite the Bullet. 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 #ecebce complementary color is Periwinkle Gray, 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 Aths Special are #ecdbce and #deecce. Thus found on the left and right of #ecebce on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Bone and Beryl Green colors as they work well with Bite the Bullet.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Bite the Bullet palette consists of #dbceec and #cedeec colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#cecfec). Try Prelude and Periwinkle Gray colors in combination with #ecebce, 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 #ecebce 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 Bite the Bullet. Thus French Lilac and Jagged Ice giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Bite the Bullet contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Periwinkle Gray, Skeptic, and Melanie split by 90° on the color wheel. #ecebce 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. Bite the Bullet tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#cecfec) 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 #ceeceb and #eccecf.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #ecebce is made of 35% red, 35% green and 30% blue. In a HSL mode Bite the Bullet has a hue angle of 58°, a saturation of 44.12% and a lightness of 86.67%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ecebce is made of 0% cyan, 0.39% magenta, 11.77% yellow and 7.45% black ink.

HEX #ecebce
RGB Decimal rgb(236,235,206)
RGB Percentage 35%, 35%, 30%
CMYK 0, 0.39, 11.77, 7.45
HSL hsl(58,44.12%,86.67%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(58,12.71%,92.55%)
CIE-LAB lab(92.4448,-4.4929,14.2062)
XYZ xyz(75.441,81.7058,70.1871)
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