Cooled Cream Color

#fadc97

Cooled Cream 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 #052368
Complementary Color #97b4fa
Color Shade: orange (41.82° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 78.63% (better contrasting with black)
Cooled Cream Color Sample
Cooled Cream Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #fadc97

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Cooled Cream Color. The Bisque color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Zing (#fbc17b) for more energetic effect. Try Gold's Great Touch as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#97b4fa is the best complementary color to Cooled Cream. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #fadc97 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 Cherokee are #faaa97 and #e6fa97. Thus found on the left and right of #fadc97 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Rose Bud and Mindaro colors as they work well with Cooled Cream.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Cooled Cream palette consists of #aa97fa and #97e6fa colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#97b4fa). Try Melrose and Anakiwa colors in combination with #fadc97, 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 #fadc97 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 Cooled Cream. Thus Mauve and Aquamarine giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Cooled Cream contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Malibu, Mint Green, and Lavender Rose split by 90° on the color wheel. #fadc97 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. Cooled Cream tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#97b4fa) and two others. The Aquamarine is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Sweet Pink – 120° from the complementary Malibu. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #97fadc and #fa97b4.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #fadc97 is made of 40% red, 35% green and 24% blue. In a HSL mode Cooled Cream has a hue angle of 41.82°, a saturation of 90.83% and a lightness of 78.63%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #fadc97 is made of 0% cyan, 11.77% magenta, 38.82% yellow and 1.96% black ink.

HEX #fadc97
RGB Decimal rgb(250,220,151)
RGB Percentage 40%, 35%, 24%
CMYK 0, 11.77, 38.82, 1.96
HSL hsl(41.82,90.83%,78.63%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(41.82,39.6%,98.04%)
CIE-LAB lab(88.8017,1.0957,37.7027)
XYZ xyz(70.6035,73.7448,39.7911)
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