Hawker's Gold Color

#f4c26c

Hawker's Gold is calm, warm-toned shade of orange. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with blue cyan, mid magenta or green cyan

Inverse Color #0b3d93
Complementary Color #6b9ef4
Color Shade: orange (37.94° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 69.02% (better contrasting with black)
Hawker's Gold Color Sample
Hawker's Gold Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #f4c26c

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Hawker's Gold Color. The Bursting Lemon color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called O'Brien Orange (#f3a347) for more energetic effect. Try Taste of Summer as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#6b9ef4 is the best complementary color to Hawker's Gold. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #f4c26c complementary color is Cornflower 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 Rajah are #f47d6b and #e2f46b. Thus found on the left and right of #f4c26c on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Froly and Manz colors as they work well with Hawker's Gold.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Hawker's Gold palette consists of #7d6bf4 and #6be1f4 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#6b9ef4). Try Cornflower Blue and Malibu colors in combination with #f4c26c, 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 #f4c26c 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 Hawker's Gold. Thus Heliotrope and Aquamarine giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Hawker's Gold contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Cornflower Blue, Screamin' Green, and Lavender Magenta split by 90° on the color wheel. #f4c26c 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. Hawker's Gold tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#6b9ef4) and two others. The Aquamarine is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Froly – 120° from the complementary Cornflower Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #6bf4c2 and #f46b9d.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #f4c26c is made of 45% red, 36% green and 20% blue. In a HSL mode Hawker's Gold has a hue angle of 37.94°, a saturation of 86.08% and a lightness of 69.02%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #f4c26c is made of 0% cyan, 19.61% magenta, 53.34% yellow and 4.31% black ink.

HEX #f4c26c
RGB Decimal rgb(244,194,108)
RGB Percentage 45%, 36%, 20%
CMYK 0, 19.61, 53.34, 4.31
HSL hsl(37.94,86.08%,69.02%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(37.94,55.74%,95.69%)
CIE-LAB lab(81.2363,8.138,49.5293)
XYZ xyz(59.3068,58.8994,22.4303)
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