Sand Yellow Color

#fdee73

Sand Yellow 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 #02118c
Complementary Color #7282fd
Color Shade: warm yellow (53.48° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 72.16% (better contrasting with black)
Sand Yellow Color Sample
Sand Yellow Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #fdee73

If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Sand Yellow Color. The Bleached Sunflower color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a orange bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Durango Dust (#fbe3a1) for more calm effect. Try Beach Party as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#7282fd is the best complementary color to Sand Yellow. 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 #fdee73 complementary color is Cornflower Blue, 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 Marigold Yellow are #fda872 and #c7fd72. Thus found on the left and right of #fdee73 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Atomic Tangerine and Mindaro colors as they work well with Sand Yellow.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Sand Yellow palette consists of #a872fd and #72c7fd colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#7282fd). Try Heliotrope and Malibu colors in combination with #fdee73, 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 #fdee73 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 Sand Yellow. Thus Heliotrope and Aquamarine giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Sand Yellow contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Cornflower Blue, Aquamarine, and Hot Pink split by 90° on the color wheel. #fdee73 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. Sand Yellow tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#7282fd) and two others. The Aquamarine is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Brink Pink – 120° from the complementary Cornflower Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #72fded and #fd7281.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #fdee73 is made of 42% red, 39% green and 19% blue. In a HSL mode Sand Yellow has a hue angle of 53.48°, a saturation of 97.18% and a lightness of 72.16%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #fdee73 is made of 0% cyan, 5.89% magenta, 54.12% yellow and 0.78% black ink.

HEX #fdee73
RGB Decimal rgb(253,238,115)
RGB Percentage 42%, 39%, 19%
CMYK 0, 5.89, 54.12, 0.78
HSL hsl(53.48,97.18%,72.16%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(53.48,54.55%,99.22%)
CIE-LAB lab(93.1323,-10.0561,60.3992)
XYZ xyz(74.1771,83.2695,28.3827)
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