Lemon Soap 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 | #00033b |
| Complementary Color | #c3c6ff |
| Color Shade: | warm yellow (56.95° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 88.43% (better contrasting with black) |
If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Lemon Soap Color. The Travertine 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 Northern Star (#ffffea) for more calm effect. Try Gaslight as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#c3c6ff is the best complementary color to Lemon Soap. 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 #fffcc4 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 Lemon Chiffon are #ffdec3 and #e4ffc3. Thus found on the left and right of #fffcc4 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Negroni and Chiffon colors as they work well with Lemon Soap.
The split-complementary Lemon Soap palette consists of #dec3ff and #c3e4ff colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#c3c6ff). Try Fog and Onahau colors in combination with #fffcc4, 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 #fffcc4 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 Lemon Soap. Thus Mauve and Onahau giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Lemon Soap contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Melrose, Aero Blue, and Cotton Candy split by 90° on the color wheel. #fffcc4 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. Lemon Soap tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#c3c6ff) and two others. The Onahau is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Your Pink – 120° from the complementary Melrose. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #c3fffc and #ffc3c6.
In a RGB color space, hex #fffcc4 is made of 36% red, 36% green and 28% blue. In a HSL mode Lemon Soap has a hue angle of 56.95°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 88.43%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #fffcc4 is made of 0% cyan, 1.18% magenta, 23.14% yellow and 0% black ink.
| HEX | #fffcc4 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(255,252,196) |
| RGB Percentage | 36%, 36%, 28% |
| CMYK | 0, 1.18, 23.14, 0 |
| HSL | hsl(56.95,100%,88.43%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(56.95,23.14%,100%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(97.98,-7.6624,27.254) |
| XYZ | xyz(86.0142,94.8663,66.0022) |