Holiday Waffle Color

#b78846

Holiday Waffle is calm, warm-toned shade of orange. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with blue cyan, mid magenta or green cyan

Inverse Color #4877b9
Complementary Color #4574b7
Color Shade: orange (35.04° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 49.61% (better contrasting with white)
Holiday Waffle Color Sample
Holiday Waffle Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #b78846

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Holiday Waffle Color. The Hashibami Brown color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Brown Sugar (#a17249) for more calm effect. Try Chameleon as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#4574b7 is the best complementary color to Holiday Waffle. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #b78846 complementary color is Steel Blue, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid red, orange, and mid yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Driftwood are #b74f45 and #adb745. Thus found on the left and right of #b78846 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Chestnut and Celery colors as they work well with Holiday Waffle.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Holiday Waffle palette consists of #4f45b7 and #45adb7 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#4574b7). Try Blue Violet and Pelorous colors in combination with #b78846, 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 #b78846 offers a combination of violet and green cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Holiday Waffle. Thus Studio and Ocean Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Holiday Waffle contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Steel Blue, Chateau Green, and Fuchsia Pink split by 90° on the color wheel. #b78846 square combo is a palette of orange, mid green, blue cyan and mid 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. Holiday Waffle tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#4574b7) and two others. The Ocean Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Blush – 120° from the complementary Steel Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #45b788 and #b74574.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #b78846 is made of 47% red, 35% green and 18% blue. In a HSL mode Holiday Waffle has a hue angle of 35.04°, a saturation of 44.66% and a lightness of 49.61%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #b78846 is made of 0% cyan, 18.43% magenta, 44.31% yellow and 28.24% black ink.

HEX #b78846
RGB Decimal rgb(183,136,70)
RGB Percentage 47%, 35%, 18%
CMYK 0, 18.43, 44.31, 28.24
HSL hsl(35.04,44.66%,49.61%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(35.04,61.75%,71.76%)
CIE-LAB lab(59.995,10.7289,41.794)
XYZ xyz(29.4381,28.1178,9.6701)
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