Tupelo Honey Color

#c0a04d

Tupelo Honey 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 #3f5fb2
Complementary Color #4d6cc0
Color Shade: orange (43.3° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 52.75% (better contrasting with white)
Tupelo Honey Color Sample
Tupelo Honey Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #c0a04d

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Tupelo Honey Color. The Kiss Candy color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Madagascar (#9d8544) for more calm effect. Try Funchal Yellow as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#4d6cc0 is the best complementary color to Tupelo Honey. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #c0a04d complementary color is Indigo, 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 Tussock are #c0664d and #a6c04d. Thus found on the left and right of #c0a04d on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Fuzzy Wuzzy Brown and Celery colors as they work well with Tupelo Honey.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Tupelo Honey palette consists of #664dc0 and #4da6c0 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#4d6cc0). Try Fuchsia Blue and Fountain Blue colors in combination with #c0a04d, 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 #c0a04d 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 Tupelo Honey. Thus Amethyst and Puerto Rico giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Tupelo Honey contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Indigo, Emerald, and Fuchsia Pink split by 90° on the color wheel. #c0a04d 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. Tupelo Honey tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#4d6cc0) and two others. The Puerto Rico is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Blush – 120° from the complementary Indigo. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #4dc0a0 and #c04d6c.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #c0a04d is made of 45% red, 37% green and 18% blue. In a HSL mode Tupelo Honey has a hue angle of 43.3°, a saturation of 47.72% and a lightness of 52.75%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #c0a04d is made of 0% cyan, 12.54% magenta, 45.09% yellow and 24.71% black ink.

HEX #c0a04d
RGB Decimal rgb(192,160,77)
RGB Percentage 45%, 37%, 18%
CMYK 0, 12.54, 45.09, 24.71
HSL hsl(43.3,47.72%,52.75%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(43.3,59.9%,75.29%)
CIE-LAB lab(67.1898,2.0056,46.8496)
XYZ xyz(35.6486,36.8839,12.2616)
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