Royal Yellow Color

#fada50

Royal Yellow 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 #0525af
Complementary Color #4f6ffa
Color Shade: warm yellow (48.71° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 64.71% (better contrasting with black)
Royal Yellow Color Sample
Royal Yellow Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #fada50

If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Royal Yellow Color. The After Shock color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a orange bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Sunny Yellow (#fff917) for more energetic effect. Try Cherokee as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#4f6ffa is the best complementary color to Royal Yellow. 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 #fada50 complementary color is Cornflower Blue, 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 Energy Yellow are #fa844f and #c4fa4f. Thus found on the left and right of #fada50 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Coral and Green Yellow colors as they work well with Royal Yellow.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Royal Yellow palette consists of #854ffa and #4fc5fa colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#4f6ffa). Try Electric Violet and Malibu colors in combination with #fada50, 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 #fada50 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 Royal Yellow. Thus Heliotrope and Aquamarine giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Royal Yellow contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Cornflower Blue, Screamin' Green, and Brilliant Rose split by 90° on the color wheel. #fada50 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. Royal Yellow tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#4f6ffa) and two others. The Aquamarine is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Carnation – 120° from the complementary Cornflower Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #4ffada and #fa4f6f.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #fada50 is made of 46% red, 40% green and 15% blue. In a HSL mode Royal Yellow has a hue angle of 48.71°, a saturation of 94.44% and a lightness of 64.71%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #fada50 is made of 0% cyan, 12.55% magenta, 66.67% yellow and 1.96% black ink.

HEX #fada50
RGB Decimal rgb(250,218,80)
RGB Percentage 46%, 40%, 15%
CMYK 0, 12.55, 66.67, 1.96
HSL hsl(48.71,94.44%,64.71%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(48.71,68%,98.04%)
CIE-LAB lab(87.5073,-3.5147,69.0477)
XYZ xyz(65.9437,71.046,17.8271)
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