Vietnamese Lantern Color

#eec172

Vietnamese Lantern is calm, warm-toned shade of orange. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with blue cyan, mid magenta or green cyan

Inverse Color #113e8d
Complementary Color #719eee
Color Shade: orange (38.23° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 69.02% (better contrasting with black)
Vietnamese Lantern Color Sample
Vietnamese Lantern Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #eec172

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Vietnamese Lantern Color. The Lemon Meringue 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 Mella Yella (#f0dda2) for more calm effect. Try Dune King as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#719eee is the best complementary color to Vietnamese Lantern. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #eec172 complementary color is Cornflower 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 Rob Roy are #ee8371 and #ddee71. Thus found on the left and right of #eec172 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Apricot and Manz colors as they work well with Vietnamese Lantern.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Vietnamese Lantern palette consists of #8271ee and #71ddee colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#719eee). Try Portage and Spray colors in combination with #eec172, 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 #eec172 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 Vietnamese Lantern. Thus Lavender and Spray giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Vietnamese Lantern contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Cornflower Blue, Pastel Green, and Lavender Magenta split by 90° on the color wheel. #eec172 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. Vietnamese Lantern tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#719eee) and two others. The Spray is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Carissma – 120° from the complementary Cornflower Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #71eec1 and #ee719e.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #eec172 is made of 44% red, 35% green and 21% blue. In a HSL mode Vietnamese Lantern has a hue angle of 38.23°, a saturation of 78.48% and a lightness of 69.02%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #eec172 is made of 0% cyan, 17.64% magenta, 48.62% yellow and 6.67% black ink.

HEX #eec172
RGB Decimal rgb(238,193,114)
RGB Percentage 44%, 35%, 21%
CMYK 0, 17.64, 48.62, 6.67
HSL hsl(38.23,78.48%,69.02%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(38.23,52.1%,93.33%)
CIE-LAB lab(80.4779,6.6972,45.5268)
XYZ xyz(57.3671,57.532,24.0008)
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