Pollination Color

#eedd66

Pollination is soft, 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 #129
Complementary Color #6676ee
Color Shade: warm yellow (52.5° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 66.67% (better contrasting with black)
Pollination Color Sample
Pollination Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #eedd66

If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Pollination Color. The Eyelash Viper color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a orange bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Straw Yellow (#f0d696) for more calm effect. Try Sharp Yellow as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#6676ee is the best complementary color to Pollination. 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 #ed6 complementary color is Cornflower 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 #e96 and #be6. Thus found on the left and right of #ed6 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching White and White colors as they work well with Pollination.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Pollination palette consists of #96e and #6be colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#6676ee). Try White and White colors in combination with #ed6, 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 #ed6 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 Pollination. Thus Heliotrope and White giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Pollination contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Cornflower Blue, White, and White split by 90° on the color wheel. #ed6 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. Pollination tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#6676ee) and two others. The White is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and White – 120° from the complementary Cornflower Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #6ed and #e67.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #eedd66 is made of 42% red, 39% green and 18% blue. In a HSL mode Pollination has a hue angle of 52.5°, a saturation of 80% and a lightness of 66.67%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #eedd66 is made of 0% cyan, 6.66% magenta, 53.33% yellow and 6.67% black ink.

HEX #eedd66
RGB Decimal rgb(238,221,102)
RGB Percentage 42%, 39%, 18%
CMYK 0, 6.66, 53.33, 6.67
HSL hsl(52.5,80%,66.67%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(52.5,57.14%,93.33%)
CIE-LAB lab(87.4118,-8.6059,59.3611)
XYZ xyz(63.5146,70.8494,22.8981)
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