Wedding Cake Color

#eee2c9

Wedding Cake 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 #111d36
Complementary Color #c9d5ee
Color Shade: orange (40.54° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 86.08% (better contrasting with black)
Wedding Cake Color Sample
Wedding Cake Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #eee2c9

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Wedding Cake Color. The Cliff's View color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Sunny Burrata (#eadfaa) for more energetic effect. Try Foggy Pith as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#c9d5ee is the best complementary color to Wedding Cake. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #eee2c9 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 Parchment are #eecfc9 and #e7eec9. Thus found on the left and right of #eee2c9 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Almond and Chrome White colors as they work well with Wedding Cake.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Wedding Cake palette consists of #cfc9ee and #c9e7ee colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#c9d5ee). Try Prelude and Jagged Ice colors in combination with #eee2c9, 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 #eee2c9 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 Wedding Cake. Thus French Lilac and Iceberg giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Wedding Cake contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Spindle, Peppermint, and Vanilla Ice split by 90° on the color wheel. #eee2c9 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. Wedding Cake tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#c9d5ee) and two others. The Iceberg is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Vanilla Ice – 120° from the complementary Spindle. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #c9eee2 and #eec9d5.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #eee2c9 is made of 36% red, 34% green and 30% blue. In a HSL mode Wedding Cake has a hue angle of 40.54°, a saturation of 52.11% and a lightness of 86.08%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #eee2c9 is made of 0% cyan, 4.7% magenta, 14.51% yellow and 6.67% black ink.

HEX #eee2c9
RGB Decimal rgb(238,226,201)
RGB Percentage 36%, 34%, 30%
CMYK 0, 4.7, 14.51, 6.67
HSL hsl(40.54,52.11%,86.08%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(40.54,15.55%,93.33%)
CIE-LAB lab(90.2234,0.0318,13.6842)
XYZ xyz(72.9989,76.7869,66.2322)
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