Pac-Man 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 | #0018c8 |
| Complementary Color | #374eff |
| Color Shade: | warm yellow (52.8° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 60.78% (better contrasting with black) |
If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Pac-Man Color. The Golden Handshake 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 Go Bananas (#f7ca50) for more calm effect. Try Canary Diamond as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#374eff is the best complementary color to Pac-Man. 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 #ffe737 complementary color is Blue Ribbon, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of warm red, warm yellow, and cool yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Bright Sun are #ff8337 and #b3ff37. Thus found on the left and right of #ffe737 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Crusta and Green Yellow colors as they work well with Pac-Man.
The split-complementary Pac-Man palette consists of #8237ff and #37b2ff colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#374eff). Try Electric Violet and Dodger Blue colors in combination with #ffe737, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.
The triadic palette of #ffe737 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 Pac-Man. Thus Heliotrope and Cyan / Aqua giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Pac-Man contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Blue Ribbon, Screamin' Green, and Persian Rose split by 90° on the color wheel. #ffe737 square combo is a palette of warm yellow, cool green, cool blue and warm magenta shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Pac-Man tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#374eff) and two others. The Cyan / Aqua is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Radical Red – 120° from the complementary Blue Ribbon. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #37ffe7 and #ff374e.
In a RGB color space, hex #ffe737 is made of 47% red, 43% green and 10% blue. In a HSL mode Pac-Man has a hue angle of 52.8°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 60.78%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ffe737 is made of 0% cyan, 9.41% magenta, 78.43% yellow and 0% black ink.
| HEX | #ffe737 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(255,231,55) |
| RGB Percentage | 47%, 43%, 10% |
| CMYK | 0, 9.41, 78.43, 0 |
| HSL | hsl(52.8,100%,60.78%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(52.8,78.43%,100%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(91.0928,-8.9891,81.1506) |
| XYZ | xyz(70.5055,78.6877,15.0866) |