Light Incense Color

#efdcbe

Light Incense 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 #102341
Complementary Color #bdd1ef
Color Shade: orange (36.73° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 84.12% (better contrasting with black)
Light Incense Color Sample
Light Incense Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #efdcbe

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Light Incense Color. The Apple Turnover 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 Toasted Coconut (#e9c2a1) for more energetic effect. Try Eggshell Paper as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#bdd1ef is the best complementary color to Light Incense. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #efdcbe 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 Chamois are #efc3bd and #e9efbd. Thus found on the left and right of #efdcbe on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Beauty Bush and Mint Julep colors as they work well with Light Incense.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Light Incense palette consists of #c3bdef and #bde9ef colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#bdd1ef). Try Biloba Flower and Cruise colors in combination with #efdcbe, 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 #efdcbe 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 Light Incense. Thus French Lilac and Cruise giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Light Incense contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Spindle, Madang, and We Peep split by 90° on the color wheel. #efdcbe 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. Light Incense tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#bdd1ef) 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 #bdefdc and #efbdd0.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #efdcbe is made of 37% red, 34% green and 29% blue. In a HSL mode Light Incense has a hue angle of 36.73°, a saturation of 60.49% and a lightness of 84.12%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #efdcbe is made of 0% cyan, 7.46% magenta, 19.22% yellow and 6.27% black ink.

HEX #efdcbe
RGB Decimal rgb(239,220,190)
RGB Percentage 37%, 34%, 29%
CMYK 0, 7.46, 19.22, 6.27
HSL hsl(36.73,60.49%,84.12%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(36.73,20.5%,93.73%)
CIE-LAB lab(88.5691,1.8429,17.1104)
XYZ xyz(70.4841,73.2548,59.1399)
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