Potato Chip is soft, 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 | #0223a8 |
| Complementary Color | #5778fd |
| Color Shade: | warm yellow (48.07° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 66.67% (better contrasting with black) |
If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Potato Chip Color. The Orange Chalk color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a orange bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Aged Plastic Casing (#fffa86) for more energetic effect. Try Oberon as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#5778fd is the best complementary color to Potato Chip. 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 #fddc57 complementary color is Dodger Blue, 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 Mustard are #fd8957 and #cbfd57. Thus found on the left and right of #fddc57 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Coral and Canary colors as they work well with Potato Chip.
The split-complementary Potato Chip palette consists of #8957fd and #57cbfd colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#5778fd). Try Heliotrope and Malibu colors in combination with #fddc57, 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 #fddc57 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 Potato Chip. Thus Heliotrope and Aquamarine giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Potato Chip contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Dodger Blue, Screamin' Green, and Hot Pink split by 90° on the color wheel. #fddc57 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. Potato Chip tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#5778fd) and two others. The Aquamarine is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Wild Watermelon – 120° from the complementary Dodger Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #57fddc and #fd5777.
In a RGB color space, hex #fddc57 is made of 45% red, 39% green and 16% blue. In a HSL mode Potato Chip has a hue angle of 48.07°, a saturation of 97.65% and a lightness of 66.67%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #fddc57 is made of 0% cyan, 12.95% magenta, 65.1% yellow and 0.78% black ink.
| HEX | #fddc57 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(253,220,87) |
| RGB Percentage | 45%, 39%, 16% |
| CMYK | 0, 12.95, 65.1, 0.78 |
| HSL | hsl(48.07,97.65%,66.67%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(48.07,65.61%,99.22%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(88.3318,-2.9061,67.1758) |
| XYZ | xyz(67.8215,72.7572,19.4858) |