Golden Mary Color

#f0be3a

Golden Mary is soft, warm-toned shade of orange. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with blue cyan, mid magenta or green cyan

Inverse Color #0f41c5
Complementary Color #3a6bf0
Color Shade: orange (43.52° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 58.43% (better contrasting with white)
Golden Mary Color Sample
Golden Mary Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #f0be3a

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Golden Mary Color. The Kings Yellow color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Margarine (#f2d930) for more energetic effect. Try Yellowl as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#3a6bf0 is the best complementary color to Golden Mary. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #f0be3a complementary color is Royal Blue, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid red, orange, and mid yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Saffron are #f0633a and #c6f03a. Thus found on the left and right of #f0be3a on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Flamingo and Starship colors as they work well with Golden Mary.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Golden Mary palette consists of #623af0 and #3ac6f0 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#3a6bf0). Try Royal Blue and Picton Blue colors in combination with #f0be3a, 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 #f0be3a offers a combination of violet and green cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Golden Mary. Thus Heliotrope and Bright Turquoise giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Golden Mary contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Royal Blue, Malachite, and Brilliant Rose split by 90° on the color wheel. #f0be3a square combo is a palette of orange, mid green, blue cyan and mid 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 Mary tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#3a6bf0) and two others. The Bright Turquoise is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and French Rose – 120° from the complementary Royal Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #3af0bd and #f03a6b.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #f0be3a is made of 49% red, 39% green and 12% blue. In a HSL mode Golden Mary has a hue angle of 43.52°, a saturation of 85.85% and a lightness of 58.43%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #f0be3a is made of 0% cyan, 19.61% magenta, 71.37% yellow and 5.88% black ink.

HEX #f0be3a
RGB Decimal rgb(240,190,58)
RGB Percentage 49%, 39%, 12%
CMYK 0, 19.61, 71.37, 5.88
HSL hsl(43.52,85.85%,58.43%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(43.52,75.83%,94.12%)
CIE-LAB lab(79.4186,5.653,69.0502)
XYZ xyz(55.1124,55.6577,11.8413)
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