Cornucopia Color

#ed9b44

Cornucopia 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 #1264bb
Complementary Color #4495ec
Color Shade: orange (30.89° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 59.8% (better contrasting with white)
Cornucopia Color Sample
Cornucopia Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #ed9b44

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Cornucopia Color. The Orange Poppy 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 saturated alternative called Brasso (#f3bc6b) for more energetic effect. Try Pizazz as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#4495ec is the best complementary color to Cornucopia. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #ed9b44 complementary color is Picton 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 Jaffa are #ec4644 and #eaec44. Thus found on the left and right of #ed9b44 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Cinnabar and Starship colors as they work well with Cornucopia.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Cornucopia palette consists of #4644ec and #44eaec colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#4495ec). Try Royal Blue and Turquoise Blue colors in combination with #ed9b44, 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 #ed9b44 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 Cornucopia. Thus Medium Purple and Turquoise giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Cornucopia contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Picton Blue, Malachite, and Lavender Magenta split by 90° on the color wheel. #ed9b44 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. Cornucopia tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#4495ec) and two others. The Turquoise is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and French Rose – 120° from the complementary Picton Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #44ec9a and #ec4495.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #ed9b44 is made of 52% red, 34% green and 15% blue. In a HSL mode Cornucopia has a hue angle of 30.89°, a saturation of 82.44% and a lightness of 59.8%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ed9b44 is made of 0% cyan, 32.16% magenta, 66.27% yellow and 7.06% black ink.

HEX #ed9b44
RGB Decimal rgb(237,155,68)
RGB Percentage 52%, 34%, 15%
CMYK 0, 32.16, 66.27, 7.06
HSL hsl(30.89,82.44%,59.8%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(30.89,71.31%,92.94%)
CIE-LAB lab(70.7774,23.2719,56.3667)
XYZ xyz(47.6898,41.8646,11.036)
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