Baseball Base Color

#f4eadc

Baseball Base 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 #0b1523
Complementary Color #dce6f4
Color Shade: orange (35° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 90.98% (better contrasting with black)
Baseball Base Color Sample
Baseball Base Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #f4eadc

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Baseball Base Color. The Golden Syrup 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 Take-Out (#e6ccb7) for more calm effect. Try Clamshell as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#dce6f4 is the best complementary color to Baseball Base. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #f4eadc complementary color is Link Water, 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 #f4dedc and #f2f4dc. Thus found on the left and right of #f4eadc on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Vanilla Ice and Beige colors as they work well with Baseball Base.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Baseball Base palette consists of #dddcf4 and #dcf2f4 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#dce6f4). Try Link Water and Iceberg colors in combination with #f4eadc, 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 #f4eadc 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 Baseball Base. Thus French Lilac and Tara giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Baseball Base contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Link Water, Peppermint, and Amour split by 90° on the color wheel. #f4eadc 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. Baseball Base tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#dce6f4) and two others. The Tara 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 #dcf4ea and #f4dce6.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #f4eadc is made of 35% red, 34% green and 32% blue. In a HSL mode Baseball Base has a hue angle of 35°, a saturation of 52.17% and a lightness of 90.98%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #f4eadc is made of 0% cyan, 3.93% magenta, 9.42% yellow and 4.31% black ink.

HEX #f4eadc
RGB Decimal rgb(244,234,220)
RGB Percentage 35%, 34%, 32%
CMYK 0, 3.93, 9.42, 4.31
HSL hsl(35,52.17%,90.98%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(35,9.84%,95.69%)
CIE-LAB lab(93.1221,1.0409,7.987)
XYZ xyz(79.6493,83.246,79.5803)
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