Ancient Yellow 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 | #1132ff |
| Complementary Color | #0020ee |
| Color Shade: | warm yellow (51.68° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 46.67% (better contrasting with black) |
If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Ancient Yellow Color. The Spectra 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 Catkin Yellow (#cca800) for more calm effect. Try Bitcoin as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#0020ee is the best complementary color to Ancient Yellow. 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 #eecd00 complementary color is Blue, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of warm red, warm yellow, and cool yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Supernova are #ee5600 and #97ee00. Thus found on the left and right of #eecd00 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Trinidad and Chartreuse colors as they work well with Ancient Yellow.
The split-complementary Ancient Yellow palette consists of #5600ee and #0097ee colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#0020ee). Try Electric Violet and Azure Radiance colors in combination with #eecd00, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.
The triadic palette of #eecd00 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 Ancient Yellow. Thus White and Bright Turquoise giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Ancient Yellow contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Blue, Malachite, and Hollywood Cerise split by 90° on the color wheel. #eecd00 square combo is a palette of warm yellow, cool green, cool blue and warm magenta shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Ancient Yellow tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#0020ee) and two others. The Bright Turquoise 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 #00eecd and #ee0020.
In a RGB color space, hex #eecd00 is made of 54% red, 46% green and 0% blue. In a HSL mode Ancient Yellow has a hue angle of 51.68°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 46.67%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #eecd00 is made of 0% cyan, 12.94% magenta, 93.33% yellow and 6.67% black ink.
| HEX | #eecd00 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(238,205,0) |
| RGB Percentage | 54%, 46%, 0% |
| CMYK | 0, 12.94, 93.33, 6.67 |
| HSL | hsl(51.68,100%,46.67%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(51.68,100%,93.33%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(82.8281,-4.1118,83.5075) |
| XYZ | xyz(57.0912,61.8398,8.9272) |