Glossy Gold Color

#ffdd77

Glossy Gold is calm, warm-toned shade of orange. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with blue cyan, warm magenta or green cyan

Inverse Color #028
Complementary Color #79f
Color Shade: orange (45° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 73.33% (better contrasting with black)
Glossy Gold Color Sample
Glossy Gold Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #ffdd77

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Glossy Gold Color. The Golden Tainoi color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Doodle (#fbdca8) for more calm effect. Try Honey Locust as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#79f is the best complementary color to Glossy Gold. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #fd7 complementary color is White, 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 White are #f97 and #df7. Thus found on the left and right of #fd7 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching White and White colors as they work well with Glossy Gold.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Glossy Gold palette consists of #97f and #7df colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#79f). Try White and White colors in combination with #fd7, 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 #fd7 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 Glossy Gold. Thus White and White giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Glossy Gold contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary White, White, and Blush Pink split by 90° on the color wheel. #fd7 square combo is a palette of orange, mid green, blue cyan 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. Glossy Gold tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#79f) and two others. The White is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and White – 120° from the complementary White. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #7fd and #f79.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #ffdd77 is made of 43% red, 37% green and 20% blue. In a HSL mode Glossy Gold has a hue angle of 45°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 73.33%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ffdd77 is made of 0% cyan, 13.33% magenta, 53.33% yellow and 0% black ink.

HEX #ffdd77
RGB Decimal rgb(255,221,119)
RGB Percentage 43%, 37%, 20%
CMYK 0, 13.33, 53.33, 0
HSL hsl(45,100%,73.33%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(45,53.33%,100%)
CIE-LAB lab(89.0663,-0.4242,53.84)
XYZ xyz(70.4262,74.3048,28.0832)
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