Zucchini Flower Color

#e8a64e

Zucchini Flower 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 #1759b1
Complementary Color #4e90e8
Color Shade: orange (34.29° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 60.78% (better contrasting with white)
Zucchini Flower Color Sample
Zucchini Flower Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #e8a64e

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Zucchini Flower Color. The Carnival color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Honey Crisp (#e9c160) for more calm effect. Try Sun Salutation as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#4e90e8 is the best complementary color to Zucchini Flower. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #e8a64e complementary color is Cornflower 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 Tulip Tree are #e8594e and #dde84e. Thus found on the left and right of #e8a64e on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Burnt Sienna and Confetti colors as they work well with Zucchini Flower.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Zucchini Flower palette consists of #584ee8 and #4edde8 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#4e90e8). Try Royal Blue and Turquoise Blue colors in combination with #e8a64e, 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 #e8a64e 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 Zucchini Flower. Thus Medium Purple and Turquoise giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Zucchini Flower contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Cornflower Blue, Pastel Green, and Lavender Magenta split by 90° on the color wheel. #e8a64e 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. Zucchini Flower tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#4e90e8) and two others. The Turquoise is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Cranberry – 120° from the complementary Cornflower Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #4ee8a6 and #e84e8f.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #e8a64e is made of 49% red, 35% green and 16% blue. In a HSL mode Zucchini Flower has a hue angle of 34.29°, a saturation of 77% and a lightness of 60.78%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #e8a64e is made of 0% cyan, 25.88% magenta, 60.39% yellow and 9.02% black ink.

HEX #e8a64e
RGB Decimal rgb(232,166,78)
RGB Percentage 49%, 35%, 16%
CMYK 0, 25.88, 60.39, 9.02
HSL hsl(34.29,77%,60.78%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(34.29,66.38%,90.98%)
CIE-LAB lab(72.8776,15.8796,53.8933)
XYZ xyz(48.2901,44.9783,13.3442)
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