Summer Lily Color

#f8d374

Summer Lily 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 #072c8b
Complementary Color #7499f8
Color Shade: orange (43.18° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 71.37% (better contrasting with black)
Summer Lily Color Sample
Summer Lily Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #f8d374

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Summer Lily Color. The Floral Leaf color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Cochin Chicken (#f8b862) for more energetic effect. Try Orient Yellow as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#7499f8 is the best complementary color to Summer Lily. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #f8d374 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 Goldenrod are #f89174 and #dbf874. Thus found on the left and right of #f8d374 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Geraldine and Mindaro colors as they work well with Summer Lily.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Summer Lily palette consists of #9074f8 and #74daf8 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#7499f8). Try Portage and Malibu colors in combination with #f8d374, 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 #f8d374 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 Summer Lily. Thus Heliotrope and Aquamarine giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Summer Lily contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Cornflower Blue, Screamin' Green, and Persian Pink split by 90° on the color wheel. #f8d374 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. Summer Lily tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#7499f8) 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 #74f8d3 and #f87498.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #f8d374 is made of 43% red, 37% green and 20% blue. In a HSL mode Summer Lily has a hue angle of 43.18°, a saturation of 90.41% and a lightness of 71.37%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #f8d374 is made of 0% cyan, 14.5% magenta, 51.76% yellow and 2.75% black ink.

HEX #f8d374
RGB Decimal rgb(248,211,116)
RGB Percentage 43%, 37%, 20%
CMYK 0, 14.5, 51.76, 2.75
HSL hsl(43.18,90.41%,71.37%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(43.18,53.23%,97.25%)
CIE-LAB lab(85.9093,1.6084,51.3455)
XYZ xyz(65.1581,67.8059,26.1767)
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