Applesauce Cake is pale, 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 | #3d5c88 |
| Complementary Color | #7796c2 |
| Color Shade: | orange (35.2° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 61.37% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Applesauce Cake Color. The Toffee Tart color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Sacred Ground (#b2865d) for more calm effect. Try Syrup as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#7796c2 is the best complementary color to Applesauce Cake. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #c2a377 complementary color is Ship Cove, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of mid red, orange, and mid yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Gimblet are #c27d77 and #bbc277. Thus found on the left and right of #c2a377 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Old Rose and Wild Willow colors as they work well with Applesauce Cake.
The split-complementary Applesauce Cake palette consists of #7d77c2 and #77bbc2 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#7796c2). Try Blue Marguerite and Glacier colors in combination with #c2a377, 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 #c2a377 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 Applesauce Cake. Thus Wisteria and De York giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Applesauce Cake contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Ship Cove, De York, and Viola split by 90° on the color wheel. #c2a377 square combo is a palette of orange, mid green, blue cyan and mid magenta shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Applesauce Cake tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#7796c2) and two others. The De York is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Puce – 120° from the complementary Ship Cove. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #77c2a3 and #c27796.
In a RGB color space, hex #c2a377 is made of 41% red, 34% green and 25% blue. In a HSL mode Applesauce Cake has a hue angle of 35.2°, a saturation of 38.07% and a lightness of 61.37%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #c2a377 is made of 0% cyan, 12.16% magenta, 29.41% yellow and 23.92% black ink.
| HEX | #c2a377 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(194,163,119) |
| RGB Percentage | 41%, 34%, 25% |
| CMYK | 0, 12.16, 29.41, 23.92 |
| HSL | hsl(35.2,38.07%,61.37%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(35.2,38.66%,76.08%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(68.7481,5.2174,27.1077) |
| XYZ | xyz(38.6751,38.9956,22.9413) |