Common Dandelion 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 | #0127a2 |
| Complementary Color | #5d83fe |
| Color Shade: | warm yellow (45.84° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 68.04% (better contrasting with black) |
If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Common Dandelion Color. The Liquid Gold color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a orange bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Gold's Great Touch (#ffc265) for more energetic effect. Try Mead as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#5d83fe is the best complementary color to Common Dandelion. 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 #fed85d complementary color is Cornflower Blue, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of warm red, warm yellow, and cool yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Dandelion are #fe875d and #d3fe5d. Thus found on the left and right of #fed85d on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Salmon and Canary colors as they work well with Common Dandelion.
The split-complementary Common Dandelion palette consists of #875dfe and #5dd3fe colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#5d83fe). Try Heliotrope and Malibu colors in combination with #fed85d, 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 #fed85d 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 Common Dandelion. Thus Heliotrope and Aquamarine giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Common Dandelion contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Cornflower Blue, Screamin' Green, and Hot Pink split by 90° on the color wheel. #fed85d square combo is a palette of warm yellow, cool green, cool blue and warm magenta shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Common Dandelion tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#5d83fe) 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 #5dfed7 and #fe5d83.
In a RGB color space, hex #fed85d is made of 45% red, 38% green and 17% blue. In a HSL mode Common Dandelion has a hue angle of 45.84°, a saturation of 98.77% and a lightness of 68.04%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #fed85d is made of 0% cyan, 14.9% magenta, 63.14% yellow and 0.39% black ink.
| HEX | #fed85d |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(254,216,93) |
| RGB Percentage | 45%, 38%, 17% |
| CMYK | 0, 14.9, 63.14, 0.39 |
| HSL | hsl(45.84,98.77%,68.04%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(45.84,63.39%,99.61%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(87.4718,-0.1166,63.7661) |
| XYZ | xyz(67.4047,70.9729,20.5025) |