Old Ivory is pale, warm-toned shade of warm yellow. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with cool blue, red magenta or warm cyan
| Inverse Color | #000034 |
| Complementary Color | #cacaff |
| Color Shade: | warm yellow (60° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 89.8% (better contrasting with black) |
If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Old Ivory Color. The Sunburst Yellow color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a orange bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Vanilla Drop (#ffffeb) for more calm effect. Try Lemon Juice as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#cacaff is the best complementary color to Old Ivory. 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 #ffffcb complementary color is Periwinkle, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of warm red, warm yellow, and yellow green colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Cream are #ffe4ca and #e4ffca. Thus found on the left and right of #ffffcb on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Tequila and Snow Flurry colors as they work well with Old Ivory.
The split-complementary Old Ivory palette consists of #e4caff and #cae4ff colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#cacaff). Try Fog and Onahau colors in combination with #ffffcb, 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 #ffffcb 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 Old Ivory. Thus Pink Lace and Onahau giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Old Ivory contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Periwinkle, Aero Blue, and Pastel Pink split by 90° on the color wheel. #ffffcb square combo is a palette of warm yellow, cool green, cool blue and red magenta shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Old Ivory tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#cacaff) and two others. The Onahau is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Your Pink – 120° from the complementary Periwinkle. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #caffff and #ffcaca.
In a RGB color space, hex #ffffcb is made of 36% red, 36% green and 28% blue. In a HSL mode Old Ivory has a hue angle of 60°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 89.8%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ffffcb is made of 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 20.39% yellow and 0% black ink.
| HEX | #ffffcb |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(255,255,203) |
| RGB Percentage | 36%, 36%, 28% |
| CMYK | 0, 0, 20.39, 0 |
| HSL | hsl(60,100%,89.8%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(60,20.39%,100%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(98.8644,-8.1883,24.9249) |
| XYZ | xyz(87.7795,97.0918,70.614) |