Yellow Canary Color

#ffeaac

Yellow Canary is pale, 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 #001553
Complementary Color #acc1ff
Color Shade: orange (44.82° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 83.73% (better contrasting with black)
Yellow Canary Color Sample
Yellow Canary Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #ffeaac

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Yellow Canary Color. The Escargot color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Bavarian Cream (#fff9dd) for more calm effect. Try Malibu Sun as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#acc1ff is the best complementary color to Yellow Canary. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #ffeaac complementary color is Melrose, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid red, orange, and cool yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Cape Honey are #ffc0ac and #eaffac. Thus found on the left and right of #ffeaac on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Wax Flower and Tidal colors as they work well with Yellow Canary.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Yellow Canary palette consists of #c0acff and #aceaff colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#acc1ff). Try Melrose and Anakiwa colors in combination with #ffeaac, 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 #ffeaac 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 Yellow Canary. Thus Mauve and Aero Blue giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Yellow Canary contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Melrose, Mint Green, and Cotton Candy split by 90° on the color wheel. #ffeaac 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. Yellow Canary tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#acc1ff) and two others. The Aero Blue is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Carnation Pink – 120° from the complementary Melrose. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #acffea and #ffacc1.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #ffeaac is made of 39% red, 35% green and 26% blue. In a HSL mode Yellow Canary has a hue angle of 44.82°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 83.73%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ffeaac is made of 0% cyan, 8.24% magenta, 32.55% yellow and 0% black ink.

HEX #ffeaac
RGB Decimal rgb(255,234,172)
RGB Percentage 39%, 35%, 26%
CMYK 0, 8.24, 32.55, 0
HSL hsl(44.82,100%,83.73%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(44.82,32.55%,100%)
CIE-LAB lab(93.0513,-1.7122,32.7483)
XYZ xyz(78.1092,83.0842,50.9498)
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