Cashew Cheese Color

#fcf9bd

Cashew Cheese is pale, 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 #030642
Complementary Color #bdc0fc
Color Shade: warm yellow (57.14° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 86.47% (better contrasting with black)
Cashew Cheese Color Sample
Cashew Cheese Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #fcf9bd

If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Cashew Cheese Color. The Cotton Puff color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a orange bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Chilean Heath (#fffde6) for more energetic effect. Try Wedding Dress as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#bdc0fc is the best complementary color to Cashew Cheese. 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 #fcf9bd complementary color is Melrose, 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 Pale Prim are #fcd9bd and #dffcbd. Thus found on the left and right of #fcf9bd on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Apricot Peach and Gossip colors as they work well with Cashew Cheese.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Cashew Cheese palette consists of #d9bdfc and #bddffc colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#bdc0fc). Try Mauve and French Pass colors in combination with #fcf9bd, 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 #fcf9bd 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 Cashew Cheese. Thus Mauve and French Pass giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Cashew Cheese contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Melrose, Aero Blue, and Cupid split by 90° on the color wheel. #fcf9bd 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. Cashew Cheese tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#bdc0fc) and two others. The French Pass is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Melon – 120° from the complementary Melrose. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #bdfcf9 and #fcbdc0.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #fcf9bd is made of 37% red, 36% green and 27% blue. In a HSL mode Cashew Cheese has a hue angle of 57.14°, a saturation of 91.3% and a lightness of 86.47%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #fcf9bd is made of 0% cyan, 1.17% magenta, 24.7% yellow and 1.18% black ink.

HEX #fcf9bd
RGB Decimal rgb(252,249,189)
RGB Percentage 37%, 36%, 27%
CMYK 0, 1.17, 24.7, 1.18
HSL hsl(57.14,91.3%,86.47%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(57.14,25%,98.82%)
CIE-LAB lab(96.8697,-8.1984,29.2436)
XYZ xyz(83.2059,92.1209,61.5398)
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