Gentle Glow Color

#f6e5b9

Gentle Glow 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 #091a46
Complementary Color #b9caf5
Color Shade: orange (43.28° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 84.51% (better contrasting with black)
Gentle Glow Color Sample
Gentle Glow Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #f6e5b9

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Gentle Glow Color. The Fine Porcelain 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 saturated alternative called Flavescent (#f7e98e) for more energetic effect. Try Whitewashed Fence as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#b9caf5 is the best complementary color to Gentle Glow. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #f6e5b9 complementary color is Perano, 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 Wheat are #f5c6b9 and #e8f5b9. Thus found on the left and right of #f6e5b9 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Mandys Pink and Tusk colors as they work well with Gentle Glow.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Gentle Glow palette consists of #c6b9f5 and #b9e8f5 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#b9caf5). Try Perfume and Ice Cold colors in combination with #f6e5b9, 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 #f6e5b9 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 Gentle Glow. Thus Perfume and Ice Cold giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Gentle Glow contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Perano, Magic Mint, and Chantilly split by 90° on the color wheel. #f6e5b9 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. Gentle Glow tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#b9caf5) and two others. The Ice Cold is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Azalea – 120° from the complementary Perano. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #b9f5e4 and #f5b9c9.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #f6e5b9 is made of 37% red, 35% green and 28% blue. In a HSL mode Gentle Glow has a hue angle of 43.28°, a saturation of 77.22% and a lightness of 84.51%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #f6e5b9 is made of 0% cyan, 6.67% magenta, 23.92% yellow and 3.53% black ink.

HEX #f6e5b9
RGB Decimal rgb(246,229,185)
RGB Percentage 37%, 35%, 28%
CMYK 0, 6.67, 23.92, 3.53
HSL hsl(43.28,77.22%,84.51%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(43.28,24.8%,96.47%)
CIE-LAB lab(91.295,-0.888,23.5842)
XYZ xyz(74.7823,79.1342,57.2319)
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