Delicious Mandarin 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 | #05e |
| Complementary Color | #1166fe |
| Color Shade: | orange (38.57° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 53.33% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Delicious Mandarin Color. The Bright Marigold color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Be Daring (#ffc943) for more calm effect. Try Philippine Golden Yellow as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#1166fe is the best complementary color to Delicious Mandarin. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #fa1 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 White are #fe3311 and #ddfe11. Thus found on the left and right of #fa1 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Scarlet and Chartreuse Yellow colors as they work well with Delicious Mandarin.
The split-complementary Delicious Mandarin palette consists of #3211fe and #11ddfe colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#1166fe). Try Blue and Cyan / Aqua colors in combination with #fa1, 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 #fa1 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 Delicious Mandarin. Thus Electric Violet and Spring Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Delicious Mandarin contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Blue Ribbon, Green, and Purple Pizzazz split by 90° on the color wheel. #fa1 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. Delicious Mandarin tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#1166fe) 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 #11fea9 and #fe1165.
In a RGB color space, hex #ffaa11 is made of 58% red, 38% green and 4% blue. In a HSL mode Delicious Mandarin has a hue angle of 38.57°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 53.33%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ffaa11 is made of 0% cyan, 33.33% magenta, 93.33% yellow and 0% black ink.
| HEX | #ffaa11 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(255,170,17) |
| RGB Percentage | 58%, 38%, 4% |
| CMYK | 0, 33.33, 93.33, 0 |
| HSL | hsl(38.57,100%,53.33%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(38.57,93.33%,100%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(76.0999,21.4741,77.7136) |
| XYZ | xyz(55.7159,50.0499,7.2544) |