Rice Paper Color

#fffcdb

Rice Paper 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 #000324
Complementary Color #dbdeff
Color Shade: warm yellow (55° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 92.94% (better contrasting with black)
Rice Paper Color Sample
Rice Paper Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #fffcdb

If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Rice Paper Color. The Banana Milk 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 Portafino (#ffffb4) for more calm effect. Try Creamy Sunshine Pastel as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#dbdeff is the best complementary color to Rice Paper. 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 #fffcdb 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 Scotch Mist are #ffeadb and #f0ffdb. Thus found on the left and right of #fffcdb on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Derby and Carla colors as they work well with Rice Paper.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Rice Paper palette consists of #eadbff and #dbf0ff colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#dbdeff). Try Blue Chalk and Pattens Blue colors in combination with #fffcdb, 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 #fffcdb 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 Rice Paper. Thus White Pointer and Frosted Mint giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Rice Paper contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Fog, Hint of Green, and Pink Lace split by 90° on the color wheel. #fffcdb 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. Rice Paper tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#dbdeff) and two others. The Frosted Mint is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Cosmos – 120° from the complementary Fog. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #dbfffc and #ffdbdd.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #fffcdb is made of 35% red, 35% green and 30% blue. In a HSL mode Rice Paper has a hue angle of 55°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 92.94%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #fffcdb is made of 0% cyan, 1.18% magenta, 14.12% yellow and 0% black ink.

HEX #fffcdb
RGB Decimal rgb(255,252,219)
RGB Percentage 35%, 35%, 30%
CMYK 0, 1.18, 14.12, 0
HSL hsl(55,100%,92.94%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(55,14.12%,100%)
CIE-LAB lab(98.4304,-4.3706,16.1753)
XYZ xyz(88.8366,95.9953,80.8646)
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