Turmeric Root Color

#feae0d

Turmeric Root 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 #0151f2
Complementary Color #0c5cfe
Color Shade: orange (40.08° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 52.35% (better contrasting with white)
Turmeric Root Color Sample
Turmeric Root Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #feae0d

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Turmeric Root Color. The Himawari Yellow 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 Sunglow (#ffcc33) for more energetic effect. Try Pesto Calabrese as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#0c5cfe is the best complementary color to Turmeric Root. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #feae0d 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 Sun are #fe350c and #d5fe0c. Thus found on the left and right of #feae0d on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Scarlet and Electric Lime colors as they work well with Turmeric Root.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Turmeric Root palette consists of #350cfe and #0cd5fe colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#0c5cfe). Try Blue and Cyan / Aqua colors in combination with #feae0d, 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 #feae0d 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 Turmeric Root. Thus Electric Violet and Spring Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Turmeric Root contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Blue Ribbon, Green, and Purple Pizzazz split by 90° on the color wheel. #feae0d 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. Turmeric Root tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#0c5cfe) 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 #0cfeae and #fe0c5c.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #feae0d is made of 58% red, 39% green and 3% blue. In a HSL mode Turmeric Root has a hue angle of 40.08°, a saturation of 99.18% and a lightness of 52.35%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #feae0d is made of 0% cyan, 31.37% magenta, 94.51% yellow and 0.39% black ink.

HEX #feae0d
RGB Decimal rgb(254,174,13)
RGB Percentage 58%, 39%, 3%
CMYK 0, 31.37, 94.51, 0.39
HSL hsl(40.08,99.18%,52.35%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(40.08,94.88%,99.61%)
CIE-LAB lab(76.9038,18.9229,78.7792)
XYZ xyz(56.0817,51.372,7.3407)
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