Kuchinashi Yellow Color

#ffdb4f

Kuchinashi Yellow is soft, warm-toned shade of warm yellow. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with cool blue, warm magenta or warm cyan

Inverse Color #0024b0
Complementary Color #4f72fe
Color Shade: warm yellow (47.73° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 65.49% (better contrasting with black)
Kuchinashi Yellow Color Sample
Kuchinashi Yellow Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #ffdb4f

If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Kuchinashi Yellow Color. The Macaw color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a orange bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Cheesus (#ffcc77) for more calm effect. Try Brimstone as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#4f72fe is the best complementary color to Kuchinashi Yellow. Cool blue shades generally complement the warm yellow hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #ffdb4f complementary color is Dodger Blue, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm red, warm yellow, and cool yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Mustard are #fe834f and #cbfe4f. Thus found on the left and right of #ffdb4f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Coral and Green Yellow colors as they work well with Kuchinashi Yellow.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Kuchinashi Yellow palette consists of #834ffe and #4fcbfe colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#4f72fe). Try Electric Violet and Malibu colors in combination with #ffdb4f, 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 #ffdb4f offers a combination of cool magenta and warm cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Kuchinashi Yellow. Thus Heliotrope and Aquamarine giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Kuchinashi Yellow contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Dodger Blue, Screamin' Green, and Razzle Dazzle Rose split by 90° on the color wheel. #ffdb4f square combo is a palette of warm yellow, cool green, cool blue and warm 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. Kuchinashi Yellow tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#4f72fe) 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 #4ffedb and #fe4f72.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #ffdb4f is made of 46% red, 40% green and 14% blue. In a HSL mode Kuchinashi Yellow has a hue angle of 47.73°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 65.49%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ffdb4f is made of 0% cyan, 14.12% magenta, 69.02% yellow and 0% black ink.

HEX #ffdb4f
RGB Decimal rgb(255,219,79)
RGB Percentage 46%, 40%, 14%
CMYK 0, 14.12, 69.02, 0
HSL hsl(47.73,100%,65.49%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(47.73,69.02%,100%)
CIE-LAB lab(88.2027,-1.996,70.2907)
XYZ xyz(67.9828,72.4875,17.8056)
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