Silken Gold is calm, 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 | #031e83 |
| Complementary Color | #7c97fb |
| Color Shade: | warm yellow (47.34° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 73.73% (better contrasting with black) |
If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Silken Gold Color. The Stella Dora color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a orange bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called After Shock (#fec65f) for more energetic effect. Try Sunset Gold as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#7c97fb is the best complementary color to Silken Gold. 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 #fce17c complementary color is Malibu, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of warm red, warm yellow, and cool yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Marigold Yellow are #fba17c and #d7fb7c. Thus found on the left and right of #fce17c on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Vivid Tangerine and Mindaro colors as they work well with Silken Gold.
The split-complementary Silken Gold palette consists of #a07cfb and #7cd6fb colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#7c97fb). Try Heliotrope and Malibu colors in combination with #fce17c, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.
The triadic palette of #fce17c 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 Silken Gold. Thus Heliotrope and Aquamarine giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Silken Gold contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Malibu, Mint Green, and Persian Pink split by 90° on the color wheel. #fce17c square combo is a palette of warm yellow, cool green, cool blue and warm magenta shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Silken Gold tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#7c97fb) and two others. The Aquamarine is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Tickle Me Pink – 120° from the complementary Malibu. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #7cfbe1 and #fb7c96.
In a RGB color space, hex #fce17c is made of 42% red, 37% green and 21% blue. In a HSL mode Silken Gold has a hue angle of 47.34°, a saturation of 95.52% and a lightness of 73.73%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #fce17c is made of 0% cyan, 10.58% magenta, 50.19% yellow and 1.18% black ink.
| HEX | #fce17c |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(252,225,124) |
| RGB Percentage | 42%, 37%, 21% |
| CMYK | 0, 10.58, 50.19, 1.18 |
| HSL | hsl(47.34,95.52%,73.73%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(47.34,50.79%,98.82%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(89.8599,-3.2415,52.3581) |
| XYZ | xyz(70.7082,76.0011,30.0117) |