First Day of School Color

#fadba0

First Day of School is pale, 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 #05245f
Complementary Color #a0bffa
Color Shade: orange (39.33° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 80.39% (better contrasting with black)
First Day of School Color Sample
First Day of School Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #fadba0

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to First Day of School Color. The Apricot Yellow color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Picture Perfect (#fbf2d1) for more calm effect. Try Double Pearl Lusta as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#a0bffa is the best complementary color to First Day of School. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #fadba0 complementary color is Malibu, 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 Corvette are #faaea0 and #ecfaa0. Thus found on the left and right of #fadba0 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Rose Bud and Texas colors as they work well with First Day of School.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary First Day of School palette consists of #aea0fa and #a0ecfa colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#a0bffa). Try Perfume and Charlotte colors in combination with #fadba0, 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 #fadba0 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 First Day of School. Thus Mauve and Aquamarine giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of First Day of School contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Malibu, Mint Green, and Lavender Rose split by 90° on the color wheel. #fadba0 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. First Day of School tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#a0bffa) 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 #a0fadb and #faa0bf.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #fadba0 is made of 40% red, 35% green and 25% blue. In a HSL mode First Day of School has a hue angle of 39.33°, a saturation of 90% and a lightness of 80.39%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #fadba0 is made of 0% cyan, 12.16% magenta, 35.29% yellow and 1.96% black ink.

HEX #fadba0
RGB Decimal rgb(250,219,160)
RGB Percentage 40%, 35%, 25%
CMYK 0, 12.16, 35.29, 1.96
HSL hsl(39.33,90%,80.39%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(39.33,36%,98.04%)
CIE-LAB lab(88.6976,2.6059,32.9841)
XYZ xyz(71.101,73.5251,43.702)
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