Herald's Trumpet is soft, 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 | #3160d0 |
| Complementary Color | #2f5dce |
| Color Shade: | orange (42.26° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 49.61% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Herald's Trumpet Color. The Chai Tea 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 Faint Green (#a58b2c) for more calm effect. Try Mango Brown as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#2f5dce is the best complementary color to Herald's Trumpet. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #ce9f2f complementary color is Mariner, 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 Hokey Pokey are #ce4f2f and #adce2f. Thus found on the left and right of #ce9f2f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Valencia and Atlantis colors as they work well with Herald's Trumpet.
The split-complementary Herald's Trumpet palette consists of #4f2fce and #2fadce colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#2f5dce). Try Purple Heart and Scooter colors in combination with #ce9f2f, 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 #ce9f2f 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 Herald's Trumpet. Thus Purple Heart and Shamrock giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Herald's Trumpet contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Mariner, Emerald, and Cerise split by 90° on the color wheel. #ce9f2f 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. Herald's Trumpet tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#2f5dce) and two others. The Shamrock is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Brick Red – 120° from the complementary Mariner. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #2fce9f and #ce2f5d.
In a RGB color space, hex #ce9f2f is made of 50% red, 39% green and 11% blue. In a HSL mode Herald's Trumpet has a hue angle of 42.26°, a saturation of 62.85% and a lightness of 49.61%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ce9f2f is made of 0% cyan, 18.43% magenta, 62.35% yellow and 19.22% black ink.
| HEX | #ce9f2f |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(206,159,47) |
| RGB Percentage | 50%, 39%, 11% |
| CMYK | 0, 18.43, 62.35, 19.22 |
| HSL | hsl(42.26,62.85%,49.61%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(42.26,77.18%,80.78%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(68.1114,6.9683,61.1626) |
| XYZ | xyz(38.3648,38.1233,8.0258) |