Evening Star Color

#ffd160

Evening Star 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 #002e9f
Complementary Color #608dff
Color Shade: orange (42.64° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 68.82% (better contrasting with black)
Evening Star Color Sample
Evening Star Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #ffd160

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Evening Star Color. The Zing 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 Carriage Yellow (#ffb756) for more calm effect. Try Crispy Samosa as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#608dff is the best complementary color to Evening 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 #ffd160 complementary color is Cornflower 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 #ff8160 and #ddff60. Thus found on the left and right of #ffd160 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Salmon and Canary colors as they work well with Evening Star.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Evening Star palette consists of #8160ff and #60ddff colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#608dff). Try Heliotrope and Malibu colors in combination with #ffd160, 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 #ffd160 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 Evening Star. Thus Heliotrope and Aquamarine giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Evening Star contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Cornflower Blue, Screamin' Green, and Pink Flamingo split by 90° on the color wheel. #ffd160 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. Evening Star tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#608dff) and two others. The Aquamarine is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Brink Pink – 120° from the complementary Cornflower Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #60ffd1 and #ff608d.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #ffd160 is made of 46% red, 37% green and 17% blue. In a HSL mode Evening Star has a hue angle of 42.64°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 68.82%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ffd160 is made of 0% cyan, 18.04% magenta, 62.35% yellow and 0% black ink.

HEX #ffd160
RGB Decimal rgb(255,209,96)
RGB Percentage 46%, 37%, 17%
CMYK 0, 18.04, 62.35, 0
HSL hsl(42.64,100%,68.82%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(42.64,62.35%,100%)
CIE-LAB lab(85.859,4.0555,60.7143)
XYZ xyz(66.1518,67.7055,20.6482)
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