Faded Sunlight is soft, warm-toned shade of orange. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with blue cyan, mid magenta or green cyan
| Inverse Color | #023095 |
| Complementary Color | #6a97fc |
| Color Shade: | orange (41.22° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 70.39% (better contrasting with black) |
If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Faded Sunlight Color. The Salted Caramel Popcorn color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Old Yella (#feed9a) for more energetic effect. Try Ginger Peach as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#6a97fc is the best complementary color to Faded Sunlight. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #fdcf6a complementary color is Malibu, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of mid red, orange, and mid yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Goldenrod are #fc856a and #e1fc6a. Thus found on the left and right of #fdcf6a on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Salmon and Canary colors as they work well with Faded Sunlight.
The split-complementary Faded Sunlight palette consists of #856afc and #6ae1fc colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#6a97fc). Try Cornflower Blue and Malibu colors in combination with #fdcf6a, 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 #fdcf6a offers a combination of violet and green cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Faded Sunlight. Thus Heliotrope and Aquamarine giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Faded Sunlight contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Malibu, Screamin' Green, and Pink Flamingo split by 90° on the color wheel. #fdcf6a square combo is a palette of orange, mid green, blue cyan and mid magenta shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Faded Sunlight tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#6a97fc) and two others. The Aquamarine is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Brink Pink – 120° from the complementary Malibu. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #6afccf and #fc6a98.
In a RGB color space, hex #fdcf6a is made of 45% red, 37% green and 19% blue. In a HSL mode Faded Sunlight has a hue angle of 41.22°, a saturation of 97.35% and a lightness of 70.39%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #fdcf6a is made of 0% cyan, 18.04% magenta, 57.65% yellow and 0.78% black ink.
| HEX | #fdcf6a |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(253,207,106) |
| RGB Percentage | 45%, 37%, 19% |
| CMYK | 0, 18.04, 57.65, 0.78 |
| HSL | hsl(41.22,97.35%,70.39%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(41.22,58.1%,99.22%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(85.2756,4.9351,55.4454) |
| XYZ | xyz(65.4224,66.5489,23.0328) |