California Color

#fe9d04

California is vibrant, warm-toned shade of orange. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with blue cyan, mid magenta or green cyan

Inverse Color #0162fb
Complementary Color #0364fe
Color Shade: orange (36.72° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 50.59% (better contrasting with white)
California Color Sample
California Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #fe9d04

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to California Color. The Waxy Corn color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Yellow of Izamal (#eaad04) for more calm effect. Try Spanish Yellow as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#0364fe is the best complementary color to California. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #fe9d04 complementary color is Blue Ribbon, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid red, orange, and mid yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of California are #fe2003 and #e2fe03. Thus found on the left and right of #fe9d04 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Scarlet and Chartreuse Yellow colors as they work well with California.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary California palette consists of #1f03fe and #03e2fe colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#0364fe). Try Blue and Cyan / Aqua colors in combination with #fe9d04, 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 #fe9d04 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 California. Thus Electric Violet and Spring Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of California contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Blue Ribbon, Green, and Purple Pizzazz split by 90° on the color wheel. #fe9d04 square combo is a palette of orange, mid green, blue cyan and mid 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. California tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#0364fe) and two others. The Spring Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Rose – 120° from the complementary Blue Ribbon. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #03fe9d and #fe0364.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #fe9d04 is made of 61% red, 38% green and 1% blue. In a HSL mode California has a hue angle of 36.72°, a saturation of 99.21% and a lightness of 50.59%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #fe9d04 is made of 0% cyan, 38.04% magenta, 98.04% yellow and 0.39% black ink.

HEX #fe9d04
RGB Decimal rgb(254,157,4)
RGB Percentage 61%, 38%, 1%
CMYK 0, 38.04, 98.04, 0.39
HSL hsl(36.72,99.21%,50.59%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(36.72,98.43%,99.61%)
CIE-LAB lab(73.0191,27.7159,77.1747)
XYZ xyz(52.9519,45.1935,6.0472)
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