Melted Butter Color

#ffcf53

Melted Butter 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 #0030ac
Complementary Color #5383fe
Color Shade: orange (43.26° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 66.27% (better contrasting with black)
Melted Butter Color Sample
Melted Butter Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #ffcf53

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Melted Butter Color. The Cochin Chicken 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 Sunshine Surprise (#fcb02f) for more calm effect. Try Carriage Yellow as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#5383fe is the best complementary color to Melted Butter. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #ffcf53 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 Golden Tainoi are #fe7953 and #d9fe53. Thus found on the left and right of #ffcf53 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Coral and Canary colors as they work well with Melted Butter.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Melted Butter palette consists of #7953fe and #53d9fe colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#5383fe). Try Electric Violet and Malibu colors in combination with #ffcf53, 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 #ffcf53 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 Melted Butter. Thus Heliotrope and Aquamarine giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Melted Butter contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Dodger Blue, Screamin' Green, and Razzle Dazzle Rose split by 90° on the color wheel. #ffcf53 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. Melted Butter tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#5383fe) 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 #53fece and #fe5383.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #ffcf53 is made of 47% red, 38% green and 15% blue. In a HSL mode Melted Butter has a hue angle of 43.26°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 66.27%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ffcf53 is made of 0% cyan, 18.82% magenta, 67.45% yellow and 0% black ink.

HEX #ffcf53
RGB Decimal rgb(255,207,83)
RGB Percentage 47%, 38%, 15%
CMYK 0, 18.82, 67.45, 0
HSL hsl(43.26,100%,66.27%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(43.26,67.45%,100%)
CIE-LAB lab(85.256,4.3255,65.6543)
XYZ xyz(65.1142,66.5102,17.5895)
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