Leery Lemon Color

#f5c71a

Leery Lemon 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 #0a38e5
Complementary Color #1947f5
Color Shade: warm yellow (47.4° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 53.14% (better contrasting with black)
Leery Lemon Color Sample
Leery Lemon Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #f5c71a

If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Leery Lemon Color. The Gold Fusion color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a orange bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Tonkatsu (#edac36) for more calm effect. Try Sultan Gold as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#1947f5 is the best complementary color to Leery Lemon. 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 #f5c71a complementary color is Blue Ribbon, 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 Ripe Lemon are #f55919 and #b5f519. Thus found on the left and right of #f5c71a on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Flamingo and Las Palmas colors as they work well with Leery Lemon.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Leery Lemon palette consists of #5919f5 and #19b5f5 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#1947f5). Try Electric Violet and Dodger Blue colors in combination with #f5c71a, 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 #f5c71a 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 Leery Lemon. Thus Electric Violet and Bright Turquoise giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Leery Lemon contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Blue Ribbon, Malachite, and Shocking Pink split by 90° on the color wheel. #f5c71a 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. Leery Lemon tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#1947f5) and two others. The Bright Turquoise is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Red Ribbon – 120° from the complementary Blue Ribbon. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #19f5c6 and #f51947.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #f5c71a is made of 52% red, 42% green and 6% blue. In a HSL mode Leery Lemon has a hue angle of 47.4°, a saturation of 91.63% and a lightness of 53.14%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #f5c71a is made of 0% cyan, 18.04% magenta, 85.88% yellow and 3.92% black ink.

HEX #f5c71a
RGB Decimal rgb(245,199,26)
RGB Percentage 52%, 42%, 6%
CMYK 0, 18.04, 85.88, 3.92
HSL hsl(47.4,91.63%,53.14%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(47.4,89.39%,96.08%)
CIE-LAB lab(82.0193,2.2486,80.1319)
XYZ xyz(58.2661,60.3339,9.5519)
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