Honey Tea Color

#d8be89

Honey Tea 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 #274176
Complementary Color #88a3d8
Color Shade: orange (40.25° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 69.22% (better contrasting with white)
Honey Tea Color Sample
Honey Tea Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #d8be89

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Honey Tea Color. The Fresh Sawdust 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 Hazed Nuts (#c39e6d) for more calm effect. Try Rancho Verde as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#88a3d8 is the best complementary color to Honey Tea. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #d8be89 complementary color is Chetwode Blue, 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 Straw are #d89688 and #cad888. Thus found on the left and right of #d8be89 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching My Pink and Deco colors as they work well with Honey Tea.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Honey Tea palette consists of #9688d8 and #88cad8 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#88a3d8). Try Chetwode Blue and Monte Carlo colors in combination with #d8be89, 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 #d8be89 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 Honey Tea. Thus Lavender and Bermuda giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Honey Tea contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Chetwode Blue, Granny Smith Apple, and Light Orchid split by 90° on the color wheel. #d8be89 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. Honey Tea tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#88a3d8) and two others. The Bermuda is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Can Can – 120° from the complementary Chetwode Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #88d8be and #d888a2.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #d8be89 is made of 40% red, 35% green and 25% blue. In a HSL mode Honey Tea has a hue angle of 40.25°, a saturation of 50.32% and a lightness of 69.22%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #d8be89 is made of 0% cyan, 10.2% magenta, 30.98% yellow and 15.29% black ink.

HEX #d8be89
RGB Decimal rgb(216,190,137)
RGB Percentage 40%, 35%, 25%
CMYK 0, 10.2, 30.98, 15.29
HSL hsl(40.25,50.32%,69.22%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(40.25,36.57%,84.71%)
CIE-LAB lab(78.0118,1.734,30.1775)
XYZ xyz(51.2477,53.232,31.2407)
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