Banana Mash Color

#fafe4b

Banana Mash 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 #0501b4
Complementary Color #4e4afe
Color Shade: mid yellow (61.34° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 64.51% (better contrasting with black)
Banana Mash Color Sample
Banana Mash Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #fafe4b

If you're looking for a similar mid yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Banana Mash Color. The Highlighter color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm yellow bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Hazelnut Turkish Delight (#fce974) for more calm effect. Try Gorse as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#4e4afe is the best complementary color to Banana Mash. 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 #fafe4b complementary color is Dodger 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 Gorse are #fea84a and #a0fe4a. Thus found on the left and right of #fafe4b on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Yellow Orange and Green Yellow colors as they work well with Banana Mash.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Banana Mash palette consists of #a84afe and #4aa0fe colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#4e4afe). Try Heliotrope and Dodger Blue colors in combination with #fafe4b, 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 #fafe4b 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 Banana Mash. Thus Pink Flamingo and Aquamarine giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Banana Mash contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Dodger Blue, Aquamarine, and Wild Strawberry split by 90° on the color wheel. #fafe4b 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. Banana Mash tetradic combo consists of mid blue complementary color (#4e4afe) and two others. The Aquamarine is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Sunset Orange – 120° from the complementary Dodger Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #4afafe and #fe4e4a.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #fafe4b is made of 43% red, 44% green and 13% blue. In a HSL mode Banana Mash has a hue angle of 61.34°, a saturation of 98.9% and a lightness of 64.51%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #fafe4b is made of 1.57% cyan, 0% magenta, 70.2% yellow and 0.39% black ink.

HEX #fafe4b
RGB Decimal rgb(250,254,75)
RGB Percentage 43%, 44%, 13%
CMYK 1.57, 0, 70.2, 0.39
HSL hsl(61.34,98.9%,64.51%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(61.34,70.47%,99.61%)
CIE-LAB lab(96.7039,-21.4335,79.9746)
XYZ xyz(76.1362,91.7156,20.3467)
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