Gargantua 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 | #11a |
| Complementary Color | #5454ee |
| Color Shade: | warm yellow (60° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 63.33% (better contrasting with black) |
If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Gargantua Color. The Gold Grillz color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a orange bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Golden Glitter Storm (#ead771) for more calm effect. Try Golden Dream as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#5454ee is the best complementary color to Gargantua. 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 #ee5 complementary color is Royal 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 White are #eea154 and #a1ee54. Thus found on the left and right of #ee5 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Sandy brown and Conifer colors as they work well with Gargantua.
The split-complementary Gargantua palette consists of #a154ee and #54a1ee colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#5454ee). Try Medium Purple and Cornflower Blue colors in combination with #ee5, 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 #ee5 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 Gargantua. Thus Lavender Magenta and Turquoise Blue giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Gargantua contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Royal Blue, Turquoise Blue, and Brilliant Rose split by 90° on the color wheel. #ee5 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. Gargantua tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#5454ee) and two others. The Turquoise Blue is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Burnt Sienna – 120° from the complementary Royal Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #54eeee and #ee5454.
In a RGB color space, hex #eeee55 is made of 42% red, 42% green and 15% blue. In a HSL mode Gargantua has a hue angle of 60°, a saturation of 81.82% and a lightness of 63.33%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #eeee55 is made of 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 60% yellow and 6.67% black ink.
| HEX | #eeee55 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(238,238,85) |
| RGB Percentage | 42%, 42%, 15% |
| CMYK | 0, 0, 60, 6.67 |
| HSL | hsl(60,81.82%,63.33%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(60,64.29%,93.33%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(91.6768,-18.0885,71.0651) |
| XYZ | xyz(67.4741,79.9821,20.4762) |