Maple Elixir Color

#f6d193

Maple Elixir 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 #092e6c
Complementary Color #92b7f6
Color Shade: orange (37.58° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 77.06% (better contrasting with black)
Maple Elixir Color Sample
Maple Elixir Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #f6d193

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Maple Elixir Color. The Summer Sunshine color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Barrel (#f0b069) for more calm effect. Try Sablé as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#92b7f6 is the best complementary color to Maple Elixir. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #f6d193 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 Manhattan are #f69f92 and #e9f692. Thus found on the left and right of #f6d193 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Rose Bud and Mindaro colors as they work well with Maple Elixir.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Maple Elixir palette consists of #9f92f6 and #92e9f6 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#92b7f6). Try Portage and Malibu colors in combination with #f6d193, 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 #f6d193 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 Maple Elixir. Thus Perfume and Ice Cold giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Maple Elixir contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Jordy Blue, Mint Green, and Lavender Rose split by 90° on the color wheel. #f6d193 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. Maple Elixir tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#92b7f6) and two others. The Ice Cold is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Persian Pink – 120° from the complementary Jordy Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #92f6d0 and #f692b7.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #f6d193 is made of 41% red, 35% green and 24% blue. In a HSL mode Maple Elixir has a hue angle of 37.58°, a saturation of 84.62% and a lightness of 77.06%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #f6d193 is made of 0% cyan, 14.51% magenta, 38.82% yellow and 3.53% black ink.

HEX #f6d193
RGB Decimal rgb(246,209,147)
RGB Percentage 41%, 35%, 24%
CMYK 0, 14.51, 38.82, 3.53
HSL hsl(37.58,84.62%,77.06%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(37.58,40.24%,96.47%)
CIE-LAB lab(85.6554,4.7568,35.5625)
XYZ xyz(66.073,67.3003,37.1116)
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