Bicycle Yellow Color

#ffe58c

Bicycle Yellow is calm, 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 #001a73
Complementary Color #8ca6fe
Color Shade: warm yellow (46.43° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 77.45% (better contrasting with black)
Bicycle Yellow Color Sample
Bicycle Yellow Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #ffe58c

If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Bicycle Yellow Color. The Creamy Apricot color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a orange bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Butter Creme (#fee5ba) for more calm effect. Try Grilled Cheese as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#8ca6fe is the best complementary color to Bicycle 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 #ffe58c complementary color is Malibu, 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 Salomie are #feab8c and #dffe8c. Thus found on the left and right of #ffe58c on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Hit Pink and Honeysuckle colors as they work well with Bicycle Yellow.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Bicycle Yellow palette consists of #ab8cfe and #8cdffe colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#8ca6fe). Try Heliotrope and Anakiwa colors in combination with #ffe58c, 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 #ffe58c 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 Bicycle Yellow. Thus Heliotrope and Aquamarine giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Bicycle Yellow contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Malibu, Mint Green, and Lavender Rose split by 90° on the color wheel. #ffe58c 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. Bicycle Yellow tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#8ca6fe) and two others. The Aquamarine is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Pink Salmon – 120° from the complementary Malibu. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #8cfee5 and #fe8ca5.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #ffe58c is made of 41% red, 37% green and 22% blue. In a HSL mode Bicycle Yellow has a hue angle of 46.43°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 77.45%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ffe58c is made of 0% cyan, 10.2% magenta, 45.1% yellow and 0% black ink.

HEX #ffe58c
RGB Decimal rgb(255,229,140)
RGB Percentage 41%, 37%, 22%
CMYK 0, 10.2, 45.1, 0
HSL hsl(46.43,100%,77.45%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(46.43,45.1%,100%)
CIE-LAB lab(91.3211,-2.6305,46.4886)
XYZ xyz(73.9929,79.1921,36.1967)
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