Pollen is pale, 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 | #115 |
| Complementary Color | #aae |
| Color Shade: | warm yellow (60° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 80% (better contrasting with black) |
If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Pollen Color. The Clotted Cream 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 Ethereal Green (#f1ecca) for more calm effect. Try Minimal as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#aae is the best complementary color to Pollen. 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 #eea complementary color is White, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of orange, warm yellow, and cool yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of White are #eca and #cea. Thus found on the left and right of #eea on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching White and White colors as they work well with Pollen.
The split-complementary Pollen palette consists of #cbaaee and #aacbee colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#aae). Try Biloba Flower and Perano colors in combination with #eea, 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 #eea 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 Pollen. Thus White and White giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Pollen contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary White, White, and White split by 90° on the color wheel. #eea 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. Pollen tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#aae) and two others. The White is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and White – 120° from the complementary White. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #aee and #eaa.
In a RGB color space, hex #eeeeaa is made of 37% red, 37% green and 26% blue. In a HSL mode Pollen has a hue angle of 60°, a saturation of 66.67% and a lightness of 80%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #eeeeaa is made of 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 26.66% yellow and 6.67% black ink.
| HEX | #eeeeaa |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(238,238,170) |
| RGB Percentage | 37%, 37%, 26% |
| CMYK | 0, 0, 26.66, 6.67 |
| HSL | hsl(60,66.67%,80%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(60,28.57%,93.33%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(92.6756,-10.3471,33.0205) |
| XYZ | xyz(73.0901,82.2285,50.0496) |