Gold of Midas Color

#ffeac7

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

Inverse Color #001538
Complementary Color #c6dbff
Color Shade: orange (37.5° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 89.02% (better contrasting with black)
Gold of Midas Color Sample
Gold of Midas Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #ffeac7

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Gold of Midas Color. The Hot Spot color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Twinkle Little Star (#fce79a) for more calm effect. Try Vanilla Shake as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#c6dbff is the best complementary color to Gold of Midas. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #ffeac7 complementary color is Periwinkle, 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 Sandy Beach are #ffcdc6 and #f8ffc6. Thus found on the left and right of #ffeac7 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Your Pink and Australian Mint colors as they work well with Gold of Midas.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Gold of Midas palette consists of #cdc6ff and #c6f7ff colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#c6dbff). Try Melrose and Onahau colors in combination with #ffeac7, 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 #ffeac7 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 Gold of Midas. Thus Mauve and Aero Blue giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Gold of Midas contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Periwinkle, Snowy Mint, and Pink Lace split by 90° on the color wheel. #ffeac7 square combo is a palette of orange, mid green, blue cyan and mid 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. Gold of Midas tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#c6dbff) and two others. The Aero Blue is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Pastel Pink – 120° from the complementary Periwinkle. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #c6ffea and #ffc6db.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #ffeac7 is made of 37% red, 34% green and 29% blue. In a HSL mode Gold of Midas has a hue angle of 37.5°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 89.02%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ffeac7 is made of 0% cyan, 8.24% magenta, 21.96% yellow and 0% black ink.

HEX #ffeac7
RGB Decimal rgb(255,234,199)
RGB Percentage 37%, 34%, 29%
CMYK 0, 8.24, 21.96, 0
HSL hsl(37.5,100%,89.02%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(37.5,21.96%,100%)
CIE-LAB lab(93.5499,1.7909,19.5981)
XYZ xyz(80.9716,84.2292,66.023)
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