Honey Crisp Color

#e9c160

Honey Crisp is calm, 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 #163e9f
Complementary Color #6087e8
Color Shade: orange (42.48° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 64.51% (better contrasting with white)
Honey Crisp Color Sample
Honey Crisp Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #e9c160

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Honey Crisp Color. The Lightning Bug color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Pikachu Chu (#eede73) for more energetic effect. Try Hubbard Squash as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#6087e8 is the best complementary color to Honey Crisp. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #e9c160 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 Porsche are #e87c60 and #cce860. Thus found on the left and right of #e9c160 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Burnt Sienna and Confetti colors as they work well with Honey Crisp.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Honey Crisp palette consists of #7c60e8 and #60cce8 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#6087e8). Try Medium Purple and Turquoise Blue colors in combination with #e9c160, 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 #e9c160 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 Crisp. Thus Lavender and Turquoise Blue giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Honey Crisp contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Cornflower Blue, Pastel Green, and Lavender Magenta split by 90° on the color wheel. #e9c160 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 Crisp tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#6087e8) and two others. The Turquoise Blue is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Deep Blush – 120° from the complementary Cornflower Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #60e8c1 and #e86087.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #e9c160 is made of 45% red, 37% green and 18% blue. In a HSL mode Honey Crisp has a hue angle of 42.48°, a saturation of 75.69% and a lightness of 64.51%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #e9c160 is made of 0% cyan, 15.68% magenta, 53.72% yellow and 8.63% black ink.

HEX #e9c160
RGB Decimal rgb(233,193,96)
RGB Percentage 45%, 37%, 18%
CMYK 0, 15.68, 53.72, 8.63
HSL hsl(42.48,75.69%,64.51%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(42.48,58.8%,91.37%)
CIE-LAB lab(79.7888,3.2313,53.2983)
XYZ xyz(54.7856,56.3081,19.0474)
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