Natural Yellow Color

#eed88b

Natural Yellow is calm, 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 #112774
Complementary Color #8ba1ee
Color Shade: warm yellow (46.67° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 73.92% (better contrasting with black)
Natural Yellow Color Sample
Natural Yellow Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #eed88b

If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Natural Yellow Color. The Luscious Lemon color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a orange bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Natrolite (#ebbc71) for more energetic effect. Try Buff Yellow as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#8ba1ee is the best complementary color to Natural 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 #eed88b complementary color is Portage, 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 Flax are #eea68b and #d2ee8b. Thus found on the left and right of #eed88b on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Tacao and Sulu colors as they work well with Natural Yellow.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Natural Yellow palette consists of #a68bee and #8bd2ee colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#8ba1ee). Try Portage and Seagull colors in combination with #eed88b, 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 #eed88b 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 Natural Yellow. Thus Biloba Flower and Riptide giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Natural Yellow contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Portage, Magic Mint, and Lavender Magenta split by 90° on the color wheel. #eed88b 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. Natural Yellow tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#8ba1ee) and two others. The Riptide is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Mauvelous – 120° from the complementary Portage. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #8beed7 and #ee8ba0.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #eed88b is made of 40% red, 36% green and 23% blue. In a HSL mode Natural Yellow has a hue angle of 46.67°, a saturation of 74.44% and a lightness of 73.92%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #eed88b is made of 0% cyan, 8.62% magenta, 38.82% yellow and 6.67% black ink.

HEX #eed88b
RGB Decimal rgb(238,216,139)
RGB Percentage 40%, 36%, 23%
CMYK 0, 8.62, 38.82, 6.67
HSL hsl(46.67,74.44%,73.92%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(46.67,41.6%,93.33%)
CIE-LAB lab(86.5797,-2.8251,40.6773)
XYZ xyz(64.476,69.153,34.3757)
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