Illuminating 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 | #118 |
| Complementary Color | #7676ee |
| Color Shade: | warm yellow (60° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 70% (better contrasting with black) |
If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Illuminating Color. The Longlure Frogfish 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 Dingy Sticky Note (#e6f2a2) for more calm effect. Try Gold Deposit as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#7676ee is the best complementary color to Illuminating. 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 #ee7 complementary color is Cornflower 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 #eeb276 and #b2ee76. Thus found on the left and right of #ee7 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Tacao and Sulu colors as they work well with Illuminating.
The split-complementary Illuminating palette consists of #b276ee and #76b2ee colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#7676ee). Try Portage and Jordy Blue colors in combination with #ee7, 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 #ee7 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 Illuminating. Thus Lavender Magenta and Spray giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Illuminating contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Cornflower Blue, Riptide, and Carissma split by 90° on the color wheel. #ee7 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. Illuminating tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#7676ee) and two others. The Spray is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Apricot – 120° from the complementary Cornflower Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #76eeee and #ee7676.
In a RGB color space, hex #eeee77 is made of 40% red, 40% green and 20% blue. In a HSL mode Illuminating has a hue angle of 60°, a saturation of 77.78% and a lightness of 70%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #eeee77 is made of 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 46.66% yellow and 6.67% black ink.
| HEX | #eeee77 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(238,238,119) |
| RGB Percentage | 40%, 40%, 20% |
| CMYK | 0, 0, 46.66, 6.67 |
| HSL | hsl(60,77.78%,70%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(60,50%,93.33%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(91.9793,-15.6991,56.9381) |
| XYZ | xyz(69.1642,80.6581,29.376) |