Hot Spot Color

#ffe597

Hot Spot 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 #001a68
Complementary Color #97b1ff
Color Shade: orange (45° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 79.61% (better contrasting with black)
Hot Spot Color Sample
Hot Spot Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #ffe597

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Hot Spot Color. The Chess Ivory 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 Frittata (#feebc8) for more calm effect. Try Biscuit as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#97b1ff is the best complementary color to Hot Spot. Blue cyan shades generally complement the warm yellow hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #ffe597 complementary color is Anakiwa, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid red, warm yellow, and mid yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Cream Brulee are #ffb197 and #e5ff97. Thus found on the left and right of #ffe597 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Mona Lisa and Jonquil colors as they work well with Hot Spot.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Hot Spot palette consists of #b197ff and #97e5ff colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#97b1ff). Try Melrose and Anakiwa colors in combination with #ffe597, 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 #ffe597 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 Hot Spot. Thus Mauve and Aquamarine giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Hot Spot contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Anakiwa, Mint Green, and Lavender Rose split by 90° on the color wheel. #ffe597 square combo is a palette of warm yellow, 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. Hot Spot tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#97b1ff) and two others. The Aquamarine is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Pink Salmon – 120° from the complementary Anakiwa. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #97ffe5 and #ff97b1.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #ffe597 is made of 40% red, 36% green and 24% blue. In a HSL mode Hot Spot has a hue angle of 45°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 79.61%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ffe597 is made of 0% cyan, 10.2% magenta, 40.78% yellow and 0% black ink.

HEX #ffe597
RGB Decimal rgb(255,229,151)
RGB Percentage 40%, 36%, 24%
CMYK 0, 10.2, 40.78, 0
HSL hsl(45,100%,79.61%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(45,40.78%,100%)
CIE-LAB lab(91.4749,-1.534,41.2491)
XYZ xyz(74.8452,79.533,40.6848)
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