Five Star Color

#ffaa4a

Five Star is soft, 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 #0055b5
Complementary Color #4a9efe
Color Shade: orange (31.82° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 64.51% (better contrasting with white)
Five Star Color Sample
Five Star Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #ffaa4a

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Five Star Color. The After Shock color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Yellow Groove (#f7b930) for more calm effect. Try Hit Pink as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#4a9efe is the best complementary color to Five Star. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #ffaa4a complementary color is Dodger Blue, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid red, orange, and mid yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Yellow Orange are #fe4f4a and #f9fe4a. Thus found on the left and right of #ffaa4a on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Sunset Orange and Gorse colors as they work well with Five Star.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Five Star palette consists of #4f4afe and #4af9fe colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#4a9efe). Try Dodger Blue and Aquamarine colors in combination with #ffaa4a, 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 #ffaa4a 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 Five Star. Thus Heliotrope and Aquamarine giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Five Star contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Dodger Blue, Screamin' Green, and Pink Flamingo split by 90° on the color wheel. #ffaa4a square combo is a palette of orange, mid green, blue cyan and mid 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. Five Star tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#4a9efe) and two others. The Aquamarine is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Wild Strawberry – 120° from the complementary Dodger Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #4afeaa and #fe4a9e.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #ffaa4a is made of 51% red, 34% green and 15% blue. In a HSL mode Five Star has a hue angle of 31.82°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 64.51%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ffaa4a is made of 0% cyan, 33.33% magenta, 70.98% yellow and 0% black ink.

HEX #ffaa4a
RGB Decimal rgb(255,170,74)
RGB Percentage 51%, 34%, 15%
CMYK 0, 33.33, 70.98, 0
HSL hsl(31.82,100%,64.51%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(31.82,70.98%,100%)
CIE-LAB lab(76.3775,23.0996,60.2109)
XYZ xyz(56.8508,50.5039,13.2304)
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