Twenty Carat Color

#ffbe4c

Twenty Carat is soft, warm-toned shade of orange. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with blue cyan, mid magenta or green cyan

Inverse Color #0041b3
Complementary Color #4c8cfe
Color Shade: orange (38.21° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 64.9% (better contrasting with black)
Twenty Carat Color Sample
Twenty Carat Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #ffbe4c

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Twenty Carat Color. The Firelight 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 Hawkbit (#fddb6d) for more calm effect. Try Blazing Bonfire as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#4c8cfe is the best complementary color to Twenty Carat. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #ffbe4c 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 Texas Rose are #fe644c and #e6fe4c. Thus found on the left and right of #ffbe4c on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Persimmon and Golden Fizz colors as they work well with Twenty Carat.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Twenty Carat palette consists of #644cfe and #4ce6fe colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#4c8cfe). Try Electric Violet and Malibu colors in combination with #ffbe4c, 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 #ffbe4c 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 Twenty Carat. Thus Heliotrope and Aquamarine giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Twenty Carat contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Dodger Blue, Screamin' Green, and Razzle Dazzle Rose split by 90° on the color wheel. #ffbe4c 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. Twenty Carat tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#4c8cfe) and two others. The Aquamarine is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Wild Watermelon – 120° from the complementary Dodger Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #4cfebe and #fe4c8c.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #ffbe4c is made of 49% red, 36% green and 15% blue. In a HSL mode Twenty Carat has a hue angle of 38.21°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 64.9%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ffbe4c is made of 0% cyan, 25.49% magenta, 70.2% yellow and 0% black ink.

HEX #ffbe4c
RGB Decimal rgb(255,190,76)
RGB Percentage 49%, 36%, 15%
CMYK 0, 25.49, 70.2, 0
HSL hsl(38.21,100%,64.9%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(38.21,70.2%,100%)
CIE-LAB lab(81.076,12.7575,64.223)
XYZ xyz(60.958,58.6087,14.9373)
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