Sour Lemon is pale, 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 | #00115a |
| Complementary Color | #a4b5ff |
| Color Shade: | warm yellow (48.67° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 82.35% (better contrasting with black) |
If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Sour Lemon Color. The Pumpkin Seed 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 Cashmere Sweater (#fef2d2) for more calm effect. Try Wild Apple as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#a4b5ff is the best complementary color to Sour Lemon. 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 #ffeea5 complementary color is Melrose, 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 Vis Vis are #ffc1a4 and #e3ffa4. Thus found on the left and right of #ffeea5 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Wax Flower and Jonquil colors as they work well with Sour Lemon.
The split-complementary Sour Lemon palette consists of #c0a4ff and #a4e3ff colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#a4b5ff). Try Melrose and Anakiwa colors in combination with #ffeea5, 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 #ffeea5 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 Sour Lemon. Thus Mauve and Anakiwa giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Sour Lemon contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Melrose, Mint Green, and Lavender Rose split by 90° on the color wheel. #ffeea5 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. Sour Lemon tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#a4b5ff) and two others. The Anakiwa is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Sundown – 120° from the complementary Melrose. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #a4ffee and #ffa4b5.
In a RGB color space, hex #ffeea5 is made of 39% red, 36% green and 25% blue. In a HSL mode Sour Lemon has a hue angle of 48.67°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 82.35%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ffeea5 is made of 0% cyan, 6.67% magenta, 35.29% yellow and 0% black ink.
| HEX | #ffeea5 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(255,238,165) |
| RGB Percentage | 39%, 36%, 25% |
| CMYK | 0, 6.67, 35.29, 0 |
| HSL | hsl(48.67,100%,82.35%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(48.67,35.29%,100%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(93.9372,-4.5401,37.4535) |
| XYZ | xyz(78.6061,85.1257,47.8852) |