Turbo Color

#fae600

Turbo is vibrant, 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 #0519ff
Complementary Color #0013fa
Color Shade: warm yellow (55.2° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 49.02% (better contrasting with black)
Turbo Color Sample
Turbo Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #fae600

If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Turbo Color. The Toucan Gentleman color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a orange bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Groovy Lemon Pie (#d6be01) for more calm effect. Try Yellow Flash as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#0013fa is the best complementary color to Turbo. 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 #fae600 complementary color is 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 Turbo are #fa6900 and #91fa00. Thus found on the left and right of #fae600 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Blaze Orange and Chartreuse colors as they work well with Turbo.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Turbo palette consists of #6800fa and #0091fa colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#0013fa). Try Electric Violet and Azure Radiance colors in combination with #fae600, 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 #fae600 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 Turbo. Thus Electric Violet and Cyan / Aqua giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Turbo contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Blue, Spring Green, and Rose split by 90° on the color wheel. #fae600 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. Turbo tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#0013fa) and two others. The Cyan / Aqua is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Red – 120° from the complementary Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #00fae5 and #fa0013.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #fae600 is made of 52% red, 48% green and 0% blue. In a HSL mode Turbo has a hue angle of 55.2°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 49.02%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #fae600 is made of 0% cyan, 7.84% magenta, 98.04% yellow and 1.96% black ink.

HEX #fae600
RGB Decimal rgb(250,230,0)
RGB Percentage 52%, 48%, 0%
CMYK 0, 7.84, 98.04, 1.96
HSL hsl(55.2,100%,49.02%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(55.2,100%,98.04%)
CIE-LAB lab(90.2837,-11.54,89.3234)
XYZ xyz(67.7212,76.9176,11.2773)
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