Marzipan Color

#ebc881

Marzipan is calm, 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 #14377e
Complementary Color #81a3ea
Color Shade: orange (40.19° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 71.37% (better contrasting with black)
Marzipan Color Sample
Marzipan Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #ebc881

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Marzipan Color. The Optimist Gold 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 Jurassic Gold (#e7aa56) for more energetic effect. Try Lemon Appeal as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#81a3ea is the best complementary color to Marzipan. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #ebc881 complementary color is Portage, 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 Rob Roy are #ea9381 and #d8ea81. Thus found on the left and right of #ebc881 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Apricot and Wild Rice colors as they work well with Marzipan.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Marzipan palette consists of #9381ea and #81d8ea colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#81a3ea). Try Portage and Seagull colors in combination with #ebc881, 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 #ebc881 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 Marzipan. Thus Lavender and Riptide giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Marzipan contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Portage, Pastel Green, and Lavender Magenta split by 90° on the color wheel. #ebc881 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. Marzipan tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#81a3ea) and two others. The Riptide is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Carissma – 120° from the complementary Portage. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #81eac7 and #ea81a3.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #ebc881 is made of 42% red, 35% green and 23% blue. In a HSL mode Marzipan has a hue angle of 40.19°, a saturation of 72.6% and a lightness of 71.37%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ebc881 is made of 0% cyan, 13.73% magenta, 41.57% yellow and 7.84% black ink.

HEX #ebc881
RGB Decimal rgb(235,200,129)
RGB Percentage 42%, 35%, 23%
CMYK 0, 13.73, 41.57, 7.84
HSL hsl(40.19,72.6%,71.37%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(40.19,45.11%,92.16%)
CIE-LAB lab(82.1393,3.2125,40.0046)
XYZ xyz(58.8777,60.5557,29.3541)
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