Fresh Straw Color

#eecc66

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

Inverse Color #139
Complementary Color #68e
Color Shade: orange (45° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 66.67% (better contrasting with black)
Fresh Straw Color Sample
Fresh Straw Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #eecc66

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Fresh Straw Color. The Lion's Mane color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Golden Hour (#f1b457) for more energetic effect. Try Brittlebush as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#68e is the best complementary color to Fresh Straw. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #ec6 complementary color is White, 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 #e86 and #ce6. Thus found on the left and right of #ec6 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching White and White colors as they work well with Fresh Straw.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Fresh Straw palette consists of #86e and #6ce colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#68e). Try White and White colors in combination with #ec6, 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 #ec6 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 Fresh Straw. Thus White and White giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Fresh Straw contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary White, White, and Persian Pink split by 90° on the color wheel. #ec6 square combo is a palette of orange, mid green, blue cyan 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. Fresh Straw tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#68e) and two others. The White is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and White – 120° from the complementary White. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #6ec and #e68.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #eecc66 is made of 44% red, 38% green and 19% blue. In a HSL mode Fresh Straw has a hue angle of 45°, a saturation of 80% and a lightness of 66.67%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #eecc66 is made of 0% cyan, 13.33% magenta, 53.33% yellow and 6.67% black ink.

HEX #eecc66
RGB Decimal rgb(238,204,102)
RGB Percentage 44%, 38%, 19%
CMYK 0, 13.33, 53.33, 6.67
HSL hsl(45,80%,66.67%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(45,57.14%,93.33%)
CIE-LAB lab(83.0845,0.0377,54.4136)
XYZ xyz(59.251,62.3222,21.4769)
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