Yellow Sea Color

#f49f35

Yellow Sea 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 #0b60ca
Complementary Color #3589f4
Color Shade: orange (33.3° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 58.24% (better contrasting with white)
Yellow Sea Color Sample
Yellow Sea Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #f49f35

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Yellow Sea Color. The Tropical Sun color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Maximum Yellow Red (#f2ba49) for more calm effect. Try Fluorescent Red Orange as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#3589f4 is the best complementary color to Yellow Sea. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #f49f35 complementary color is Dodger 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 Sea Buckthorn are #f43f35 and #e9f435. Thus found on the left and right of #f49f35 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Pomegranate and Starship colors as they work well with Yellow Sea.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Yellow Sea palette consists of #3f35f4 and #35e9f4 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#3589f4). Try Royal Blue and Bright Turquoise colors in combination with #f49f35, 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 #f49f35 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 Yellow Sea. Thus Electric Violet and Spring Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Yellow Sea contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Dodger Blue, Malachite, and Razzle Dazzle Rose split by 90° on the color wheel. #f49f35 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. Yellow Sea tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#3589f4) and two others. The Spring Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Violet Red – 120° from the complementary Dodger Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #35f49f and #f43589.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #f49f35 is made of 54% red, 35% green and 12% blue. In a HSL mode Yellow Sea has a hue angle of 33.3°, a saturation of 89.67% and a lightness of 58.24%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #f49f35 is made of 0% cyan, 33.34% magenta, 74.91% yellow and 4.31% black ink.

HEX #f49f35
RGB Decimal rgb(244,159,53)
RGB Percentage 54%, 35%, 12%
CMYK 0, 33.34, 74.91, 4.31
HSL hsl(33.3,89.67%,58.24%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(33.3,78.28%,95.69%)
CIE-LAB lab(72.4195,23.4455,64.4869)
XYZ xyz(50.349,44.2864,9.2626)
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