Home Plate Color

#f7eedb

Home Plate 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 #081124
Complementary Color #dae3f7
Color Shade: orange (40.71° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 91.37% (better contrasting with black)
Home Plate Color Sample
Home Plate Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #f7eedb

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Home Plate Color. The Butter Cookie 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 Crème de la Crème (#f3e7b4) for more energetic effect. Try Inviting Ivory as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#dae3f7 is the best complementary color to Home Plate. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #f7eedb 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 Albescent White are #f7dfda and #f2f7da. Thus found on the left and right of #f7eedb on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Linen and Coconut Cream colors as they work well with Home Plate.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Home Plate palette consists of #dfdaf7 and #daf2f7 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#dae3f7). Try Moon Raker and Polar colors in combination with #f7eedb, 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 #f7eedb 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 Home Plate. Thus Moon Raker and Granny Apple giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Home Plate contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Link Water, Blue Romance, and Carousel Pink split by 90° on the color wheel. #f7eedb 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. Home Plate tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#dae3f7) and two others. The Granny Apple is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and We Peep – 120° from the complementary Link Water. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #daf7ee and #f7dae3.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #f7eedb is made of 35% red, 34% green and 31% blue. In a HSL mode Home Plate has a hue angle of 40.71°, a saturation of 63.64% and a lightness of 91.37%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #f7eedb is made of 0% cyan, 3.53% magenta, 10.98% yellow and 3.14% black ink.

HEX #f7eedb
RGB Decimal rgb(247,238,219)
RGB Percentage 35%, 34%, 31%
CMYK 0, 3.53, 10.98, 3.14
HSL hsl(40.71,63.64%,91.37%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(40.71,11.34%,96.86%)
CIE-LAB lab(94.3285,-0.112,10.2653)
XYZ xyz(81.7185,86.0377,79.3177)
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