A Smell of Bakery 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 | #0c1626 |
| Complementary Color | #d9e2f2 |
| Color Shade: | orange (36.92° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 90.2% (better contrasting with black) |
If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to A Smell of Bakery Color. The Ginseng Root 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 Hollywood Golden Age (#ecd8b1) for more energetic effect. Try Take-Out as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#d9e2f2 is the best complementary color to A Smell of Bakery. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #f3e9d9 complementary color is Link Water, 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 Parchment are #f2dbd9 and #eff2d9. Thus found on the left and right of #f3e9d9 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Pot Pourri and Loafer colors as they work well with A Smell of Bakery.
The split-complementary A Smell of Bakery palette consists of #dbd9f2 and #d9eff2 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#d9e2f2). Try Link Water and Iceberg colors in combination with #f3e9d9, 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 #f3e9d9 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 A Smell of Bakery. Thus French Lilac and Iceberg giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of A Smell of Bakery contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Link Water, Peppermint, and Amour split by 90° on the color wheel. #f3e9d9 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. A Smell of Bakery tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#d9e2f2) and two others. The Iceberg is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Vanilla Ice – 120° from the complementary Link Water. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #d9f2e8 and #f2d9e2.
In a RGB color space, hex #f3e9d9 is made of 35% red, 34% green and 31% blue. In a HSL mode A Smell of Bakery has a hue angle of 36.92°, a saturation of 52% and a lightness of 90.2%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #f3e9d9 is made of 0% cyan, 3.92% magenta, 10.19% yellow and 4.71% black ink.
| HEX | #f3e9d9 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(243,233,217) |
| RGB Percentage | 35%, 34%, 31% |
| CMYK | 0, 3.92, 10.19, 4.71 |
| HSL | hsl(36.92,52%,90.2%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(36.92,10.7%,95.29%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(92.7257,0.7206,8.9678) |
| XYZ | xyz(78.6254,82.3423,77.3953) |