Spaghetti Color

#fef69e

Spaghetti is calm, 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 #010961
Complementary Color #9ea6fd
Color Shade: warm yellow (55° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 80.78% (better contrasting with black)
Spaghetti Color Sample
Spaghetti Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #fef69e

If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Spaghetti Color. The Hawkbit color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a orange bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Silent Ivory (#fef2c7) for more calm effect. Try Twinkle Twinkle as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#9ea6fd is the best complementary color to Spaghetti. 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 #fef69e complementary color is Melrose, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm red, warm yellow, and cool yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Picasso are #fdc69e and #d5fd9e. Thus found on the left and right of #fef69e on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Flesh and Reef colors as they work well with Spaghetti.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Spaghetti palette consists of #c69efd and #9ed5fd colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#9ea6fd). Try Mauve and Anakiwa colors in combination with #fef69e, 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 #fef69e 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 Spaghetti. Thus Mauve and Anakiwa giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Spaghetti contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Melrose, Aquamarine, and Lavender Rose split by 90° on the color wheel. #fef69e square combo is a palette of warm yellow, cool green, cool blue and warm 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. Spaghetti tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#9ea6fd) and two others. The Anakiwa is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Sweet Pink – 120° from the complementary Melrose. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #9efdf5 and #fd9ea5.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #fef69e is made of 39% red, 37% green and 24% blue. In a HSL mode Spaghetti has a hue angle of 55°, a saturation of 97.96% and a lightness of 80.78%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #fef69e is made of 0% cyan, 3.14% magenta, 37.65% yellow and 0.39% black ink.

HEX #fef69e
RGB Decimal rgb(254,246,158)
RGB Percentage 39%, 37%, 24%
CMYK 0, 3.14, 37.65, 0.39
HSL hsl(55,97.96%,80.78%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(55,37.8%,99.61%)
CIE-LAB lab(95.7686,-9.675,43.2923)
XYZ xyz(80.0004,89.451,45.397)
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