Yellowish Orange Color

#ffab0f

Yellowish Orange 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 #0054f0
Complementary Color #0f63fe
Color Shade: orange (39° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 52.94% (better contrasting with white)
Yellowish Orange Color Sample
Yellowish Orange Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #ffab0f

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Yellowish Orange Color. The Orangina 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 Pyrite (#f8c642) for more calm effect. Try Banana Boat as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#0f63fe is the best complementary color to Yellowish Orange. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #ffab0f complementary color is Blue Ribbon, 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 Sun are #fe320f and #dafe0f. Thus found on the left and right of #ffab0f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Scarlet and Chartreuse Yellow colors as they work well with Yellowish Orange.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Yellowish Orange palette consists of #320ffe and #0fdafe colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#0f63fe). Try Blue and Cyan / Aqua colors in combination with #ffab0f, 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 #ffab0f 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 Yellowish Orange. Thus Electric Violet and Spring Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Yellowish Orange contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Blue Ribbon, Green, and Purple Pizzazz split by 90° on the color wheel. #ffab0f 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. Yellowish Orange tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#0f63fe) 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 #0ffeab and #fe0f62.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #ffab0f is made of 58% red, 39% green and 3% blue. In a HSL mode Yellowish Orange has a hue angle of 39°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 52.94%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ffab0f is made of 0% cyan, 32.94% magenta, 94.12% yellow and 0% black ink.

HEX #ffab0f
RGB Decimal rgb(255,171,15)
RGB Percentage 58%, 39%, 3%
CMYK 0, 32.94, 94.12, 0
HSL hsl(39,100%,52.94%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(39,94.12%,100%)
CIE-LAB lab(76.3265,20.9305,78.1641)
XYZ xyz(55.8891,50.4203,7.2384)
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