Sweet Honey Color

#d4a55c

Sweet 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 #2b5aa3
Complementary Color #5b8bd4
Color Shade: orange (36.5° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 59.61% (better contrasting with white)
Sweet Honey Color Sample
Sweet Honey Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #d4a55c

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Sweet Honey Color. The Chenin color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Butter Bronze (#c88849) for more calm effect. Try Cream Gold as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#5b8bd4 is the best complementary color to Sweet 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 #d4a55c complementary color is Danube, 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 Di Serria are #d4685b and #c7d45b. Thus found on the left and right of #d4a55c on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Japonica and Tacha colors as they work well with Sweet Honey.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Sweet Honey palette consists of #685bd4 and #5bc6d4 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#5b8bd4). Try Moody Blue and Viking colors in combination with #d4a55c, 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 #d4a55c 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 Sweet Honey. Thus Amethyst and Downy giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Sweet Honey contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Danube, Emerald, and Orchid split by 90° on the color wheel. #d4a55c 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. Sweet Honey tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#5b8bd4) and two others. The Downy is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Cranberry – 120° from the complementary Danube. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #5bd4a5 and #d45b8a.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #d4a55c is made of 45% red, 35% green and 20% blue. In a HSL mode Sweet Honey has a hue angle of 36.5°, a saturation of 58.25% and a lightness of 59.61%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #d4a55c is made of 0% cyan, 18.43% magenta, 47.06% yellow and 16.86% black ink.

HEX #d4a55c
RGB Decimal rgb(212,165,92)
RGB Percentage 45%, 35%, 20%
CMYK 0, 18.43, 47.06, 16.86
HSL hsl(36.5,58.25%,59.61%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(36.5,56.6%,83.14%)
CIE-LAB lab(70.6497,8.9678,44.0142)
XYZ xyz(42.5383,41.68,15.9283)
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