Cheerful Tangerine Color

#fda471

Cheerful Tangerine is calm, warm-toned shade of warm red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool cyan, cool magenta or cool green

Inverse Color #025b8e
Complementary Color #70c9fd
Color Shade: warm red (21.86° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 71.76% (better contrasting with white)
Cheerful Tangerine Color Sample
Cheerful Tangerine Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #fda471

If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Cheerful Tangerine Color. The Tuscan Wall color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid red bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Apricot Yellow (#f7bd81) for more calm effect. Try Spiced Nectarine as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#70c9fd is the best complementary color to Cheerful Tangerine. Cool cyan shades generally complement the warm red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #fda471 complementary color is Malibu, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool red, warm red, and warm yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Atomic Tangerine are #fd7083 and #fdea70. Thus found on the left and right of #fda471 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Brink Pink and Marigold Yellow colors as they work well with Cheerful Tangerine.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Cheerful Tangerine palette consists of #7083fd and #70fdea colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#70c9fd). Try Cornflower Blue and Aquamarine colors in combination with #fda471, 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 #fda471 offers a combination of warm blue and cool green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Cheerful Tangerine. Thus Heliotrope and Mint Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Cheerful Tangerine contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Malibu, Screamin' Green, and Heliotrope split by 90° on the color wheel. #fda471 square combo is a palette of warm red, warm green, cool cyan and cool 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. Cheerful Tangerine tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#70c9fd) and two others. The Mint Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Hot Pink – 120° from the complementary Malibu. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #70fda3 and #fd70c9.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #fda471 is made of 48% red, 31% green and 21% blue. In a HSL mode Cheerful Tangerine has a hue angle of 21.86°, a saturation of 97.22% and a lightness of 71.76%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #fda471 is made of 0% cyan, 34.91% magenta, 54.91% yellow and 0.78% black ink.

HEX #fda471
RGB Decimal rgb(253,164,113)
RGB Percentage 48%, 31%, 21%
CMYK 0, 34.91, 54.91, 0.78
HSL hsl(21.86,97.22%,71.76%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(21.86,55.34%,99.22%)
CIE-LAB lab(75.2179,27.8835,39.8833)
XYZ xyz(56.7641,48.6258,22.0167)
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