Cottage Cream Color

#eddbbd

Cottage Cream 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 #122442
Complementary Color #bdcfed
Color Shade: orange (37.5° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 83.53% (better contrasting with black)
Cottage Cream Color Sample
Cottage Cream Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #eddbbd

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Cottage Cream Color. The Tainted 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 soft alternative called Eggshell Paper (#e2be9f) for more calm effect. Try Pineapple Slice as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#bdcfed is the best complementary color to Cottage Cream. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #eddbbd complementary color is Spindle, 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 Raffia are #edc3bd and #e7edbd. Thus found on the left and right of #eddbbd on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Beauty Bush and Fall Green colors as they work well with Cottage Cream.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Cottage Cream palette consists of #c3bded and #bde7ed colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#bdcfed). Try Biloba Flower and Powder Blue colors in combination with #eddbbd, 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 #eddbbd 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 Cottage Cream. Thus French Lilac and Cruise giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Cottage Cream contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Spindle, Madang, and Light Orchid split by 90° on the color wheel. #eddbbd 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. Cottage Cream tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#bdcfed) and two others. The Cruise is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Beauty Bush – 120° from the complementary Spindle. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #bdeddb and #edbdce.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #eddbbd is made of 37% red, 34% green and 29% blue. In a HSL mode Cottage Cream has a hue angle of 37.5°, a saturation of 57.14% and a lightness of 83.53%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #eddbbd is made of 0% cyan, 7.06% magenta, 18.82% yellow and 7.06% black ink.

HEX #eddbbd
RGB Decimal rgb(237,219,189)
RGB Percentage 37%, 34%, 29%
CMYK 0, 7.06, 18.82, 7.06
HSL hsl(37.5,57.14%,83.53%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(37.5,20.25%,92.94%)
CIE-LAB lab(88.1328,1.4819,16.9974)
XYZ xyz(69.4419,72.3417,58.4475)
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