Cream Silk 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 | #111c39 |
| Complementary Color | #c6d1ee |
| Color Shade: | orange (43.5° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 85.49% (better contrasting with black) |
If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Cream Silk Color. The Crystal Yellow 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 Bamboo Mat (#e5da9f) for more energetic effect. Try Chamois as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#c6d1ee is the best complementary color to Cream Silk. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #eee3c6 complementary color is Spindle, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of mid red, orange, and mid yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Almond are #eecfc6 and #e5eec6. Thus found on the left and right of #eee3c6 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Almond and Tahuna Sands colors as they work well with Cream Silk.
The split-complementary Cream Silk palette consists of #cfc6ee and #c6e5ee colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#c6d1ee). Try Prelude and Spindle colors in combination with #eee3c6, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.
The triadic palette of #eee3c6 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 Cream Silk. Thus French Lilac and Cruise giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Cream Silk contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Spindle, Padua, and Vanilla Ice split by 90° on the color wheel. #eee3c6 square combo is a palette of orange, mid green, blue cyan and mid magenta shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Cream Silk tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#c6d1ee) and two others. The Cruise 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 #c6eee3 and #eec6d1.
In a RGB color space, hex #eee3c6 is made of 36% red, 34% green and 30% blue. In a HSL mode Cream Silk has a hue angle of 43.5°, a saturation of 54.05% and a lightness of 85.49%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #eee3c6 is made of 0% cyan, 4.31% magenta, 15.68% yellow and 6.67% black ink.
| HEX | #eee3c6 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(238,227,198) |
| RGB Percentage | 36%, 34%, 30% |
| CMYK | 0, 4.31, 15.68, 6.67 |
| HSL | hsl(43.5,54.05%,85.49%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(43.5,16.81%,93.33%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(90.4102,-0.9337,15.5118) |
| XYZ | xyz(72.922,77.1925,64.4823) |