Cloudy Carrot 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 | #0057ed |
| Complementary Color | #1269fe |
| Color Shade: | orange (37.97° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 53.53% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Cloudy Carrot Color. The Joyful Orange color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Creamy Sweet Corn (#f7c34c) for more calm effect. Try American Orange as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#1269fe is the best complementary color to Cloudy Carrot. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #ffa812 complementary color is Blue Ribbon, 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 Sun are #fe3112 and #dffe12. Thus found on the left and right of #ffa812 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Scarlet and Chartreuse Yellow colors as they work well with Cloudy Carrot.
The split-complementary Cloudy Carrot palette consists of #3112fe and #12dffe colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#1269fe). Try Blue and Cyan / Aqua colors in combination with #ffa812, 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 #ffa812 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 Cloudy Carrot. Thus Electric Violet and Spring Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Cloudy Carrot contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Blue Ribbon, Green, and Purple Pizzazz split by 90° on the color wheel. #ffa812 square combo is a palette of orange, mid green, blue cyan 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. Cloudy Carrot tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#1269fe) 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 #12fea7 and #fe1268.
In a RGB color space, hex #ffa812 is made of 58% red, 38% green and 4% blue. In a HSL mode Cloudy Carrot has a hue angle of 37.97°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 53.53%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ffa812 is made of 0% cyan, 34.12% magenta, 92.94% yellow and 0% black ink.
| HEX | #ffa812 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(255,168,18) |
| RGB Percentage | 58%, 38%, 4% |
| CMYK | 0, 34.12, 92.94, 0 |
| HSL | hsl(37.97,100%,53.53%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(37.97,92.94%,100%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(75.6431,22.5295,77.2323) |
| XYZ | xyz(55.3518,49.3089,7.1725) |