Citrus Honey Color

#f6b96b

Citrus Honey is calm, warm-toned shade of orange. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with blue cyan, mid magenta or green cyan

Inverse Color #094694
Complementary Color #6aa7f6
Color Shade: orange (33.67° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 69.22% (better contrasting with white)
Citrus Honey Color Sample
Citrus Honey Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #f6b96b

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Citrus Honey Color. The Summer Lily color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Caramel Cream (#f4ba94) for more calm effect. Try Decisive Yellow as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#6aa7f6 is the best complementary color to Citrus Honey. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #f6b96b complementary color is Cornflower 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 Rajah are #f6736a and #edf66a. Thus found on the left and right of #f6b96b on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Froly and Canary colors as they work well with Citrus Honey.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Citrus Honey palette consists of #736af6 and #6aedf6 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#6aa7f6). Try Cornflower Blue and Malibu colors in combination with #f6b96b, 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 #f6b96b 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 Citrus Honey. Thus Heliotrope and Aquamarine giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Citrus Honey contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Cornflower Blue, Screamin' Green, and Pink Flamingo split by 90° on the color wheel. #f6b96b 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. Citrus Honey tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#6aa7f6) and two others. The Aquamarine is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Brilliant Rose – 120° from the complementary Cornflower Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #6af6b9 and #f66aa7.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #f6b96b is made of 46% red, 34% green and 20% blue. In a HSL mode Citrus Honey has a hue angle of 33.67°, a saturation of 88.54% and a lightness of 69.22%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #f6b96b is made of 0% cyan, 23.92% magenta, 54.51% yellow and 3.53% black ink.

HEX #f6b96b
RGB Decimal rgb(246,185,107)
RGB Percentage 46%, 34%, 20%
CMYK 0, 23.92, 54.51, 3.53
HSL hsl(33.67,88.54%,69.22%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(33.67,56.5%,96.47%)
CIE-LAB lab(79.2438,13.5864,47.684)
XYZ xyz(58.0088,55.3523,21.5366)
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