Honey Glow Color

#e8b447

Honey Glow 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 #174bb8
Complementary Color #467ae8
Color Shade: orange (40.62° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 59.41% (better contrasting with white)
Honey Glow Color Sample
Honey Glow Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #e8b447

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Honey Glow Color. The Valkyrie color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Soleil (#e9cb2e) for more energetic effect. Try Green Papaya as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#467ae8 is the best complementary color to Honey Glow. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #e8b447 complementary color is Royal 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 #e86346 and #cbe846. Thus found on the left and right of #e8b447 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Burnt Sienna and Pear colors as they work well with Honey Glow.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Honey Glow palette consists of #6346e8 and #46cbe8 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#467ae8). Try Royal Blue and Picton Blue colors in combination with #e8b447, 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 #e8b447 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 Glow. Thus Medium Purple and Turquoise giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Honey Glow contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Royal Blue, Pastel Green, and Brilliant Rose split by 90° on the color wheel. #e8b447 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 Glow tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#467ae8) and two others. The Turquoise is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Mandy – 120° from the complementary Royal Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #46e8b4 and #e8467a.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #e8b447 is made of 48% red, 37% green and 15% blue. In a HSL mode Honey Glow has a hue angle of 40.62°, a saturation of 77.78% and a lightness of 59.41%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #e8b447 is made of 0% cyan, 20.39% magenta, 63.14% yellow and 9.02% black ink.

HEX #e8b447
RGB Decimal rgb(232,180,71)
RGB Percentage 48%, 37%, 15%
CMYK 0, 20.39, 63.14, 9.02
HSL hsl(40.62,77.78%,59.41%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(40.62,69.4%,90.98%)
CIE-LAB lab(76.2244,8.0824,60.5585)
XYZ xyz(50.7373,50.2533,12.9869)
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