Golden Apples Color

#f3d74f

Golden Apples 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 #0c28b0
Complementary Color #4f6af3
Color Shade: warm yellow (49.76° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 63.14% (better contrasting with black)
Golden Apples Color Sample
Golden Apples Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #f3d74f

If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Golden Apples Color. The Golden Glam color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a orange bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Golden Ginkgo (#f9f525) for more energetic effect. Try Lightning Yellow as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#4f6af3 is the best complementary color to Golden Apples. 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 #f3d74f complementary color is Cornflower Blue, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm red, warm yellow, and cool yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Cream Can are #f3854f and #bdf34f. Thus found on the left and right of #f3d74f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Jaffa and Starship colors as they work well with Golden Apples.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Golden Apples palette consists of #854ff3 and #4fbdf3 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#4f6af3). Try Cornflower Blue and Picton Blue colors in combination with #f3d74f, 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 #f3d74f 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 Apples. Thus Heliotrope and Turquoise Blue giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Golden Apples contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Cornflower Blue, Screamin' Green, and Brilliant Rose split by 90° on the color wheel. #f3d74f 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 Apples tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#4f6af3) and two others. The Turquoise Blue is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Carnation – 120° from the complementary Cornflower Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #4ff3d7 and #f34f6a.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #f3d74f is made of 45% red, 40% green and 15% blue. In a HSL mode Golden Apples has a hue angle of 49.76°, a saturation of 87.23% and a lightness of 63.14%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #f3d74f is made of 0% cyan, 10.98% magenta, 64.31% yellow and 4.71% black ink.

HEX #f3d74f
RGB Decimal rgb(243,215,79)
RGB Percentage 45%, 40%, 15%
CMYK 0, 10.98, 64.31, 4.71
HSL hsl(49.76,87.23%,63.14%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(49.76,67.49%,95.29%)
CIE-LAB lab(86.1164,-4.9596,67.8186)
XYZ xyz(62.6739,68.2201,17.2617)
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