Cotton Tail Color

#fff8d7

Cotton Tail 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 #000728
Complementary Color #d7deff
Color Shade: warm yellow (49.5° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 92.16% (better contrasting with black)
Cotton Tail Color Sample
Cotton Tail Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #fff8d7

If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Cotton Tail Color. The Sunflower Seed color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a orange bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Banana Milk (#fff7ad) for more calm effect. Try Drover as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#d7deff is the best complementary color to Cotton Tail. 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 #fff8d7 complementary color is Fog, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm red, warm yellow, and cool yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Milk Punch are #ffe4d7 and #f2ffd7. Thus found on the left and right of #fff8d7 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Watusi and Carla colors as they work well with Cotton Tail.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Cotton Tail palette consists of #e4d7ff and #d7f2ff colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#d7deff). Try Fog and Pattens Blue colors in combination with #fff8d7, 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 #fff8d7 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 Cotton Tail. Thus Blue Chalk and Frosted Mint giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Cotton Tail contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Fog, Snowy Mint, and Pink Lace split by 90° on the color wheel. #fff8d7 square combo is a palette of warm yellow, cool green, cool blue 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. Cotton Tail tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#d7deff) and two others. The Frosted Mint is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Pastel Pink – 120° from the complementary Fog. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #d7fff8 and #ffd7de.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #fff8d7 is made of 36% red, 35% green and 30% blue. In a HSL mode Cotton Tail has a hue angle of 49.5°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 92.16%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #fff8d7 is made of 0% cyan, 2.75% magenta, 15.69% yellow and 0% black ink.

HEX #fff8d7
RGB Decimal rgb(255,248,215)
RGB Percentage 36%, 35%, 30%
CMYK 0, 2.75, 15.69, 0
HSL hsl(49.5,100%,92.16%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(49.5,15.69%,100%)
CIE-LAB lab(97.3497,-2.9688,16.6987)
XYZ xyz(87.0731,93.3011,77.7096)
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