Minion Yellow is soft, warm-toned shade of orange. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with cool blue, mid magenta or green cyan
| Inverse Color | #012aa2 |
| Complementary Color | #5d85fe |
| Color Shade: | orange (44.72° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 68.04% (better contrasting with black) |
If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Minion Yellow Color. The Sea Buckthorn color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Solar Storm (#ffc16c) for more energetic effect. Try Honey Crusted Chicken as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#5d85fe is the best complementary color to Minion Yellow. Cool blue shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #fed55d complementary color is Cornflower Blue, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of mid red, orange, and mid yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Dandelion are #fe845d and #d6fe5d. Thus found on the left and right of #fed55d on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Coral and Canary colors as they work well with Minion Yellow.
The split-complementary Minion Yellow palette consists of #845dfe and #5dd6fe colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#5d85fe). Try Heliotrope and Malibu colors in combination with #fed55d, 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 #fed55d 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 Minion Yellow. Thus Heliotrope and Aquamarine giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Minion Yellow contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Cornflower Blue, Screamin' Green, and Hot Pink split by 90° on the color wheel. #fed55d square combo is a palette of orange, mid green, cool blue and mid magenta shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Minion Yellow tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#5d85fe) and two others. The Aquamarine is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Wild Watermelon – 120° from the complementary Cornflower Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #5dfed5 and #fe5d85.
In a RGB color space, hex #fed55d is made of 45% red, 38% green and 17% blue. In a HSL mode Minion Yellow has a hue angle of 44.72°, a saturation of 98.77% and a lightness of 68.04%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #fed55d is made of 0% cyan, 16.08% magenta, 63.14% yellow and 0.39% black ink.
| HEX | #fed55d |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(254,213,93) |
| RGB Percentage | 45%, 38%, 17% |
| CMYK | 0, 16.08, 63.14, 0.39 |
| HSL | hsl(44.72,98.77%,68.04%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(44.72,63.39%,99.61%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(86.7262,1.4115,62.9557) |
| XYZ | xyz(66.6431,69.4496,20.2486) |