Gingerbread House 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 | #3566b1 |
| Complementary Color | #4e7ec9 |
| Color Shade: | orange (36.29° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 54.9% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Gingerbread House Color. The Polished Bronze 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 Beeswax Candle (#bf7e41) for more calm effect. Try Split Pea Soup as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#4e7ec9 is the best complementary color to Gingerbread House. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #ca994e complementary color is Indigo, 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 Tussock are #c95b4e and #bcc94e. Thus found on the left and right of #ca994e on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Chestnut Rose and Turmeric colors as they work well with Gingerbread House.
The split-complementary Gingerbread House palette consists of #5b4ec9 and #4ebcc9 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#4e7ec9). Try Indigo and Shakespeare colors in combination with #ca994e, 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 #ca994e 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 Gingerbread House. Thus Amethyst and Puerto Rico giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Gingerbread House contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Indigo, Emerald, and Fuchsia Pink split by 90° on the color wheel. #ca994e 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. Gingerbread House tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#4e7ec9) and two others. The Puerto Rico is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Mulberry – 120° from the complementary Indigo. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #4ec999 and #c94e7e.
In a RGB color space, hex #ca994e is made of 47% red, 35% green and 18% blue. In a HSL mode Gingerbread House has a hue angle of 36.29°, a saturation of 53.91% and a lightness of 54.9%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ca994e is made of 0% cyan, 19.22% magenta, 48.63% yellow and 20.78% black ink.
| HEX | #ca994e |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(202,153,78) |
| RGB Percentage | 47%, 35%, 18% |
| CMYK | 0, 19.22, 48.63, 20.78 |
| HSL | hsl(36.29,53.91%,54.9%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(36.29,61.39%,79.22%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(66.4351,10.1647,45.7673) |
| XYZ | xyz(37.1235,35.8891,12.1784) |