Wild Honey Color

#eecc00

Wild Honey is vibrant, 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 #13f
Complementary Color #0021ee
Color Shade: warm yellow (51.43° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 46.67% (better contrasting with black)
Wild Honey Color Sample
Wild Honey Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #eecc00

If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Wild Honey Color. The Spanish Yellow color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a orange bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Prehnite Yellow (#d0a700) for more calm effect. Try Orange Yellow as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#0021ee is the best complementary color to Wild Honey. 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 #ec0 complementary color is Blue, 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 White are #e50 and #98ee00. Thus found on the left and right of #ec0 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching White and Chartreuse colors as they work well with Wild Honey.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Wild Honey palette consists of #50e and #0098ee colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#0021ee). Try White and Azure Radiance colors in combination with #ec0, 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 #ec0 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 Wild Honey. Thus Electric Violet and White giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Wild Honey contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Blue, White, and Hollywood Cerise split by 90° on the color wheel. #ec0 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. Wild Honey tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#0021ee) and two others. The White is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Torch Red – 120° from the complementary Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #0ec and #ee0021.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #eecc00 is made of 54% red, 46% green and 0% blue. In a HSL mode Wild Honey has a hue angle of 51.43°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 46.67%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #eecc00 is made of 0% cyan, 13.33% magenta, 93.33% yellow and 6.67% black ink.

HEX #eecc00
RGB Decimal rgb(238,204,0)
RGB Percentage 54%, 46%, 0%
CMYK 0, 13.33, 93.33, 6.67
HSL hsl(51.43,100%,46.67%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(51.43,100%,93.33%)
CIE-LAB lab(82.5734,-3.6021,83.327)
XYZ xyz(56.8528,61.3629,8.8478)
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