Capricorn Golden Key Color

#fecb51

Capricorn Golden Key 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 #0134ae
Complementary Color #5083fe
Color Shade: orange (42.31° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 65.69% (better contrasting with black)
Capricorn Golden Key Color Sample
Capricorn Golden Key Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #fecb51

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Capricorn Golden Key Color. The Highlighter 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 soft alternative called Yellow Polka Dot (#fcb867) for more calm effect. Try Koji Orange as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#5083fe is the best complementary color to Capricorn Golden Key. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #fecb51 complementary color is Dodger Blue, 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 Golden Tainoi are #fe7450 and #dafe50. Thus found on the left and right of #fecb51 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Persimmon and Canary colors as they work well with Capricorn Golden Key.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Capricorn Golden Key palette consists of #7450fe and #50dafe colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#5083fe). Try Electric Violet and Malibu colors in combination with #fecb51, 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 #fecb51 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 Capricorn Golden Key. Thus Heliotrope and Aquamarine giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Capricorn Golden Key contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Dodger Blue, Screamin' Green, and Razzle Dazzle Rose split by 90° on the color wheel. #fecb51 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. Capricorn Golden Key tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#5083fe) 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 #50fecb and #fe5083.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #fecb51 is made of 47% red, 38% green and 15% blue. In a HSL mode Capricorn Golden Key has a hue angle of 42.31°, a saturation of 98.86% and a lightness of 65.69%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #fecb51 is made of 0% cyan, 20% magenta, 67.85% yellow and 0.39% black ink.

HEX #fecb51
RGB Decimal rgb(254,203,81)
RGB Percentage 47%, 38%, 15%
CMYK 0, 20, 67.85, 0.39
HSL hsl(42.31,98.86%,65.69%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(42.31,68.11%,99.61%)
CIE-LAB lab(84.1616,5.861,65.3105)
XYZ xyz(63.7142,64.3768,16.8524)
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