Golden Hour 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 | #0e4ba8 |
| Complementary Color | #5693f1 |
| Color Shade: | orange (36.23° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 64.31% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Golden Hour Color. The Adventure Orange color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Ride off into the Sunset (#f3cf64) for more energetic effect. Try Summertime as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#5693f1 is the best complementary color to Golden Hour. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #f1b457 complementary color is Cornflower Blue, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of mid red, orange, and mid yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Sandy brown are #f16656 and #e1f156. Thus found on the left and right of #f1b457 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Burnt Sienna and Starship colors as they work well with Golden Hour.
The split-complementary Golden Hour palette consists of #6756f1 and #56e1f1 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#5693f1). Try Royal Blue and Turquoise Blue colors in combination with #f1b457, 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 #f1b457 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 Hour. Thus Heliotrope and Turquoise Blue giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Golden Hour contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Cornflower Blue, Screamin' Green, and Lavender Magenta split by 90° on the color wheel. #f1b457 square combo is a palette of orange, mid green, blue cyan and mid magenta shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Golden Hour tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#5693f1) and two others. The Turquoise Blue is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and French Rose – 120° from the complementary Cornflower Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #56f1b3 and #f15693.
In a RGB color space, hex #f1b457 is made of 47% red, 35% green and 17% blue. In a HSL mode Golden Hour has a hue angle of 36.23°, a saturation of 84.62% and a lightness of 64.31%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #f1b457 is made of 0% cyan, 23.92% magenta, 60.39% yellow and 5.49% black ink.
| HEX | #f1b457 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(241,180,87) |
| RGB Percentage | 47%, 35%, 17% |
| CMYK | 0, 23.92, 60.39, 5.49 |
| HSL | hsl(36.23,84.62%,64.31%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(36.23,63.9%,94.51%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(77.2996,12.7715,54.89) |
| XYZ | xyz(54.3172,52.0314,16.1971) |