Honey Butter Color

#f5d29b

Honey Butter 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 #0a2d64
Complementary Color #9abdf5
Color Shade: orange (36.67° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 78.43% (better contrasting with black)
Honey Butter Color Sample
Honey Butter Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #f5d29b

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Honey Butter Color. The Lighthouse Glow 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 Jambalaya (#f7b572) for more energetic effect. Try Lemon Icing as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#9abdf5 is the best complementary color to Honey Butter. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #f5d29b complementary color is Jordy Blue, 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 Maize are #f5a49a and #ebf59a. Thus found on the left and right of #f5d29b on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Wewak and Sandwisp colors as they work well with Honey Butter.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Honey Butter palette consists of #a49af5 and #9aebf5 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#9abdf5). Try Portage and Charlotte colors in combination with #f5d29b, 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 #f5d29b 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 Honey Butter. Thus Perfume and Ice Cold giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Honey Butter contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Jordy Blue, Mint Green, and Lavender Rose split by 90° on the color wheel. #f5d29b 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. Honey Butter tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#9abdf5) and two others. The Ice Cold is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Illusion – 120° from the complementary Jordy Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #9af5d2 and #f59abd.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #f5d29b is made of 40% red, 34% green and 25% blue. In a HSL mode Honey Butter has a hue angle of 36.67°, a saturation of 81.82% and a lightness of 78.43%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #f5d29b is made of 0% cyan, 13.73% magenta, 35.3% yellow and 3.92% black ink.

HEX #f5d29b
RGB Decimal rgb(245,210,155)
RGB Percentage 40%, 34%, 25%
CMYK 0, 13.73, 35.3, 3.92
HSL hsl(36.67,81.82%,78.43%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(36.67,36.73%,96.08%)
CIE-LAB lab(85.9425,4.7364,31.8109)
XYZ xyz(66.6192,67.8722,40.5998)
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