Saffron Bread Color

#e8e9cf

Saffron Bread is pale, warm-toned shade of mid yellow. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with mid blue, red magenta or mid cyan

Inverse Color #171630
Complementary Color #d0cfe9
Color Shade: mid yellow (62.31° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 86.27% (better contrasting with black)
Saffron Bread Color Sample
Saffron Bread Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #e8e9cf

If you're looking for a similar mid yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Saffron Bread Color. The Tonic color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm yellow bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Spaghetti Carbonara (#ddddaa) for more energetic effect. Try White Crest as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#d0cfe9 is the best complementary color to Saffron Bread. Mid blue shades generally complement the mid yellow hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #e8e9cf complementary color is Periwinkle Gray, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of orange, mid yellow, and yellow green colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of White Rock are #e9ddcf and #dbe9cf. Thus found on the left and right of #e8e9cf on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Bizarre and Kidnapper colors as they work well with Saffron Bread.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Saffron Bread palette consists of #ddcfe9 and #cfdbe9 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#d0cfe9). Try Snuff and Botticelli colors in combination with #e8e9cf, 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 #e8e9cf offers a combination of mid magenta and mid cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Saffron Bread. Thus Prim and Botticelli giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Saffron Bread contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Periwinkle Gray, Skeptic, and Melanie split by 90° on the color wheel. #e8e9cf square combo is a palette of mid yellow, green cyan, mid blue and red 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. Saffron Bread tetradic combo consists of mid blue complementary color (#d0cfe9) and two others. The Botticelli is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Oyster Pink – 120° from the complementary Periwinkle Gray. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #cfe8e9 and #e9d0cf.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #e8e9cf is made of 35% red, 35% green and 31% blue. In a HSL mode Saffron Bread has a hue angle of 62.31°, a saturation of 37.14% and a lightness of 86.27%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #e8e9cf is made of 0.39% cyan, 0% magenta, 10.19% yellow and 8.63% black ink.

HEX #e8e9cf
RGB Decimal rgb(232,233,207)
RGB Percentage 35%, 35%, 31%
CMYK 0.39, 0, 10.19, 8.63
HSL hsl(62.31,37.14%,86.27%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(62.31,11.16%,91.37%)
CIE-LAB lab(91.6573,-4.7287,12.5284)
XYZ xyz(73.6801,79.9386,70.5778)
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