Spice Is Nice Color

#ebd0a4

Spice Is Nice is pale, 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 #142f5b
Complementary Color #a4beeb
Color Shade: orange (37.18° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 78.24% (better contrasting with black)
Spice Is Nice Color Sample
Spice Is Nice Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #ebd0a4

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Spice Is Nice Color. The Petal Dust color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Naturale (#f1e0cf) for more calm effect. Try Crescent Moon as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#a4beeb is the best complementary color to Spice Is Nice. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #ebd0a4 complementary color is Cornflower, 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 Pancho are #ebaca4 and #e2eba4. Thus found on the left and right of #ebd0a4 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Zinnwaldite and Double Colonial White colors as they work well with Spice Is Nice.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Spice Is Nice palette consists of #aca4eb and #a4e2eb colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#a4beeb). Try Biloba Flower and Blizzard Blue colors in combination with #ebd0a4, 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 #ebd0a4 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 Spice Is Nice. Thus Biloba Flower and Water Leaf giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Spice Is Nice contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Cornflower, Madang, and Kobi split by 90° on the color wheel. #ebd0a4 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. Spice Is Nice tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#a4beeb) and two others. The Water Leaf is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Kobi – 120° from the complementary Cornflower. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #a4ebd0 and #eba4be.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #ebd0a4 is made of 39% red, 34% green and 27% blue. In a HSL mode Spice Is Nice has a hue angle of 37.18°, a saturation of 63.96% and a lightness of 78.24%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ebd0a4 is made of 0% cyan, 10.59% magenta, 27.85% yellow and 7.84% black ink.

HEX #ebd0a4
RGB Decimal rgb(235,208,164)
RGB Percentage 39%, 34%, 27%
CMYK 0, 10.59, 27.85, 7.84
HSL hsl(37.18,63.96%,78.24%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(37.18,30.21%,92.16%)
CIE-LAB lab(84.7173,3.0153,25.3312)
XYZ xyz(63.5177,65.4543,44.4082)
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