Golden Fragrance Color

#eeee99

Golden Fragrance 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 #116
Complementary Color #9898ee
Color Shade: warm yellow (60° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 76.67% (better contrasting with black)
Golden Fragrance Color Sample
Golden Fragrance Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #eeee99

If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Golden Fragrance Color. The Mint Julep color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a orange bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Joyful (#f6eec0) for more energetic effect. Try Banana Pudding as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#9898ee is the best complementary color to Golden Fragrance. 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 #ee9 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 yellow green colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of White are #eec398 and #c3ee98. Thus found on the left and right of #ee9 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Chalky and Sulu colors as they work well with Golden Fragrance.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Golden Fragrance palette consists of #c398ee and #98c3ee colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#9898ee). Try Biloba Flower and Cornflower colors in combination with #ee9, 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 #ee9 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 Golden Fragrance. Thus Lavender Magenta and Blizzard Blue giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Golden Fragrance contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Portage, Magic Mint, and Wewak split by 90° on the color wheel. #ee9 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. Golden Fragrance tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#9898ee) and two others. The Blizzard Blue is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Sea Pink – 120° from the complementary Portage. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #98eeee and #ee9898.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #eeee99 is made of 38% red, 38% green and 24% blue. In a HSL mode Golden Fragrance has a hue angle of 60°, a saturation of 71.43% and a lightness of 76.67%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #eeee99 is made of 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 33.33% yellow and 6.67% black ink.

HEX #eeee99
RGB Decimal rgb(238,238,153)
RGB Percentage 38%, 38%, 24%
CMYK 0, 0, 33.33, 6.67
HSL hsl(60,71.43%,76.67%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(60,35.71%,93.33%)
CIE-LAB lab(92.4096,-12.3684,41.1868)
XYZ xyz(71.5842,81.6261,42.1195)
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