Nicotine Gold Color

#eebb33

Nicotine 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 #14c
Complementary Color #3365ed
Color Shade: orange (43.64° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 56.67% (better contrasting with white)
Nicotine Gold Color Sample
Nicotine Gold Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #eebb33

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Nicotine Gold Color. The Golden Key color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Zucchini Flower (#e8a64e) for more calm effect. Try Margarine as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#3365ed is the best complementary color to Nicotine 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 #eb3 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 White are #ed5d33 and #c3ed33. Thus found on the left and right of #eb3 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Flamingo and Pear colors as they work well with Nicotine Gold.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Nicotine Gold palette consists of #5d33ed and #33c3ed colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#3365ed). Try Royal Blue and Picton Blue colors in combination with #eb3, 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 #eb3 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 Nicotine Gold. Thus Electric Violet and Turquoise giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Nicotine Gold contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Royal Blue, Malachite, and Brilliant Rose split by 90° on the color wheel. #eb3 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. Nicotine Gold tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#3365ed) and two others. The Turquoise 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 #33edbb and #ed3366.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #eebb33 is made of 50% red, 39% green and 11% blue. In a HSL mode Nicotine Gold has a hue angle of 43.64°, a saturation of 84.62% and a lightness of 56.67%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #eebb33 is made of 0% cyan, 20% magenta, 73.33% yellow and 6.67% black ink.

HEX #eebb33
RGB Decimal rgb(238,187,51)
RGB Percentage 50%, 39%, 11%
CMYK 0, 20, 73.33, 6.67
HSL hsl(43.64,84.62%,56.67%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(43.64,78.57%,93.33%)
CIE-LAB lab(78.4365,6.108,70.4701)
XYZ xyz(53.6278,53.9568,10.7202)
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