Angel Food Cake 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 | #285eb0 |
| Complementary Color | #4e84d7 |
| Color Shade: | orange (36.18° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 57.65% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Angel Food Cake Color. The Peru 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 Acorn Nut (#d48948) for more calm effect. Try Coral Sand as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#4e84d7 is the best complementary color to Angel Food 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 #d7a14f complementary color is Havelock Blue, 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 Di Serria are #d75c4e and #c9d74e. Thus found on the left and right of #d7a14f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Red Damask and Wattle colors as they work well with Angel Food Cake.
The split-complementary Angel Food Cake palette consists of #5c4ed7 and #4ec8d7 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#4e84d7). Try Royal Blue and Viking colors in combination with #d7a14f, 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 #d7a14f 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 Angel Food Cake. Thus Medium Purple and Shamrock giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Angel Food Cake contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Havelock Blue, Emerald, and Orchid split by 90° on the color wheel. #d7a14f 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. Angel Food Cake tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#4e84d7) and two others. The Shamrock is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Cranberry – 120° from the complementary Havelock Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #4ed7a1 and #d74e84.
In a RGB color space, hex #d7a14f is made of 47% red, 35% green and 17% blue. In a HSL mode Angel Food Cake has a hue angle of 36.18°, a saturation of 62.96% and a lightness of 57.65%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #d7a14f is made of 0% cyan, 21.17% magenta, 53.33% yellow and 15.69% black ink.
| HEX | #d7a14f |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(215,161,79) |
| RGB Percentage | 47%, 35%, 17% |
| CMYK | 0, 21.17, 53.33, 15.69 |
| HSL | hsl(36.18,62.96%,57.65%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(36.18,63.26%,84.31%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(69.8251,11.4469,49.5136) |
| XYZ | xyz(42.1805,40.5013,12.9915) |