Baked Scone Color

#e5d3bc

Baked Scone is pale, warm-toned shade of orange. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with blue cyan, mid magenta or green cyan

Inverse Color #1a2c43
Complementary Color #bccee4
Color Shade: orange (33.66° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 81.76% (better contrasting with black)
Baked Scone Color Sample
Baked Scone Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #e5d3bc

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Baked Scone Color. The Kraft Paper 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 Soba (#d1b49f) for more calm effect. Try Entrada Sandstone as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#bccee4 is the best complementary color to Baked Scone. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #e5d3bc complementary color is Periwinkle Gray, 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 Stark White are #e4bebc and #e2e4bc. Thus found on the left and right of #e5d3bc on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Cavern Pink and Beryl Green colors as they work well with Baked Scone.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Baked Scone palette consists of #bebce4 and #bce2e4 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#bccee4). Try Periwinkle Gray and Jagged Ice colors in combination with #e5d3bc, 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 #e5d3bc 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 Baked Scone. Thus Prelude and Fringy Flower giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Baked Scone contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Periwinkle Gray, Fringy Flower, and Melanie split by 90° on the color wheel. #e5d3bc 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. Baked Scone tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#bccee4) and two others. The Fringy Flower is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Melanie – 120° from the complementary Periwinkle Gray. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #bce4d3 and #e4bccd.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #e5d3bc is made of 36% red, 34% green and 30% blue. In a HSL mode Baked Scone has a hue angle of 33.66°, a saturation of 44.09% and a lightness of 81.76%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #e5d3bc is made of 0% cyan, 7.05% magenta, 16.07% yellow and 10.2% black ink.

HEX #e5d3bc
RGB Decimal rgb(229,211,188)
RGB Percentage 36%, 34%, 30%
CMYK 0, 7.05, 16.07, 10.2
HSL hsl(33.66,44.09%,81.76%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(33.66,17.9%,89.8%)
CIE-LAB lab(85.442,2.552,13.6392)
XYZ xyz(64.6845,66.8774,57.0763)
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