Yellow Jacket Color

#ffcc3a

Yellow Jacket 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 #0033c5
Complementary Color #3a6cff
Color Shade: orange (44.47° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 61.37% (better contrasting with black)
Yellow Jacket Color Sample
Yellow Jacket Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #ffcc3a

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Yellow Jacket Color. The Orange Quench 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 Gusto Gold (#f8ac1d) for more calm effect. Try Blazing Yellow as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#3a6cff is the best complementary color to Yellow Jacket. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #ffcc3a 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 Sunglow are #ff693a and #cfff3a. Thus found on the left and right of #ffcc3a on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Outrageous Orange and Green Yellow colors as they work well with Yellow Jacket.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Yellow Jacket palette consists of #693aff and #3acfff colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#3a6cff). Try Electric Violet and Dodger Blue colors in combination with #ffcc3a, 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 #ffcc3a 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 Yellow Jacket. Thus Heliotrope and Bright Turquoise giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Yellow Jacket contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Dodger Blue, Screamin' Green, and Razzle Dazzle Rose split by 90° on the color wheel. #ffcc3a 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. Yellow Jacket tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#3a6cff) and two others. The Bright Turquoise is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Radical Red – 120° from the complementary Dodger Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #3affcc and #ff3a6c.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #ffcc3a is made of 49% red, 39% green and 11% blue. In a HSL mode Yellow Jacket has a hue angle of 44.47°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 61.37%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ffcc3a is made of 0% cyan, 20% magenta, 77.25% yellow and 0% black ink.

HEX #ffcc3a
RGB Decimal rgb(255,204,58)
RGB Percentage 49%, 39%, 11%
CMYK 0, 20, 77.25, 0
HSL hsl(44.47,100%,61.37%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(44.47,77.25%,100%)
CIE-LAB lab(84.3554,4.7562,74.1687)
XYZ xyz(63.5966,64.7512,13.1493)
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