Orpiment Yellow Color

#f9c89b

Orpiment Yellow is pale, warm-toned shade of warm red. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with cool cyan, cool magenta or cool green

Inverse Color #063764
Complementary Color #9bcbf9
Color Shade: warm red (28.72° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 79.22% (better contrasting with black)
Orpiment Yellow Color Sample
Orpiment Yellow Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #f9c89b

If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Orpiment Yellow Color. The Salmon Buff color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid red bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Ivory Oats (#f9e4c1) for more calm effect. Try Egg Sour as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#9bcbf9 is the best complementary color to Orpiment Yellow. Cool cyan shades generally complement the warm red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #f9c89b complementary color is Malibu, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool red, warm red, and warm yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Corvette are #f99b9c and #f9f79b. Thus found on the left and right of #f9c89b on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Sweet Pink and Texas colors as they work well with Orpiment Yellow.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Orpiment Yellow palette consists of #9b9cf9 and #9bf9f7 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#9bcbf9). Try Jordy Blue and Charlotte colors in combination with #f9c89b, 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 #f9c89b offers a combination of warm blue and cool green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Orpiment Yellow. Thus Perfume and Aquamarine giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Orpiment Yellow contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Malibu, Mint Green, and Mauve split by 90° on the color wheel. #f9c89b square combo is a palette of warm red, warm green, cool cyan and cool 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. Orpiment Yellow tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#9bcbf9) and two others. The Aquamarine is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Lavender Pink – 120° from the complementary Malibu. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #9bf9c8 and #f99bcb.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #f9c89b is made of 41% red, 33% green and 26% blue. In a HSL mode Orpiment Yellow has a hue angle of 28.72°, a saturation of 88.68% and a lightness of 79.22%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #f9c89b is made of 0% cyan, 19.22% magenta, 36.87% yellow and 2.35% black ink.

HEX #f9c89b
RGB Decimal rgb(249,200,155)
RGB Percentage 41%, 33%, 26%
CMYK 0, 19.22, 36.87, 2.35
HSL hsl(28.72,88.68%,79.22%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(28.72,37.75%,97.65%)
CIE-LAB lab(83.8693,11.4806,29.106)
XYZ xyz(65.6376,63.8148,39.8684)
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