Duckling Fluff Color

#fafc5d

Duckling Fluff is soft, warm-toned shade of mid yellow. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with mid blue, red magenta or mid cyan

Inverse Color #0503a2
Complementary Color #5e5dfb
Color Shade: mid yellow (60.75° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 67.65% (better contrasting with black)
Duckling Fluff Color Sample
Duckling Fluff Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #fafc5d

If you're looking for a similar mid yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Duckling Fluff Color. The Sweet Corn color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm yellow bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Gilded (#f4db4f) for more calm effect. Try Flavescent as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#5e5dfb is the best complementary color to Duckling Fluff. Mid blue shades generally complement the mid yellow hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #fafc5d complementary color is Cornflower Blue, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of orange, mid yellow, and yellow green colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Canary are #fbae5d and #aafb5d. Thus found on the left and right of #fafc5d on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Tan Hide and Green Yellow colors as they work well with Duckling Fluff.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Duckling Fluff palette consists of #ae5dfb and #5daafb colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#5e5dfb). Try Heliotrope and Malibu colors in combination with #fafc5d, 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 #fafc5d offers a combination of mid magenta and mid cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Duckling Fluff. Thus Pink Flamingo and Aquamarine giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Duckling Fluff contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Cornflower Blue, Aquamarine, and Brilliant Rose split by 90° on the color wheel. #fafc5d square combo is a palette of mid yellow, green cyan, mid blue and red 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. Duckling Fluff tetradic combo consists of mid blue complementary color (#5e5dfb) 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 #5df9fb and #fb5f5d.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #fafc5d is made of 42% red, 42% green and 16% blue. In a HSL mode Duckling Fluff has a hue angle of 60.75°, a saturation of 96.36% and a lightness of 67.65%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #fafc5d is made of 0.78% cyan, 0% magenta, 62.35% yellow and 1.18% black ink.

HEX #fafc5d
RGB Decimal rgb(250,252,93)
RGB Percentage 42%, 42%, 16%
CMYK 0.78, 0, 62.35, 1.18
HSL hsl(60.75,96.36%,67.65%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(60.75,63.1%,98.82%)
CIE-LAB lab(96.3009,-19.545,73.0566)
XYZ xyz(76.2105,90.7351,23.8528)
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