Pastry 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 | #072147 |
| Complementary Color | #b7d1f8 |
| Color Shade: | orange (35.63° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 84.71% (better contrasting with black) |
If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Pastry Color. The Peachy-Kini color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Yellow Trumpet (#f9d988) for more energetic effect. Try Melon Melody as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#b7d1f8 is the best complementary color to Pastry. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #f8deb8 complementary color is Tropical Blue, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of mid red, orange, and mid yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Dairy Cream are #f8bdb7 and #f2f8b7. Thus found on the left and right of #f8deb8 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Apricot Peach and Corn Field colors as they work well with Pastry.
The split-complementary Pastry palette consists of #bdb7f8 and #b7f2f8 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#b7d1f8). Try Perfume and Charlotte colors in combination with #f8deb8, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.
The triadic palette of #f8deb8 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 Pastry. Thus Perfume and Ice Cold giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Pastry contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Tropical Blue, Gossip, and Chantilly split by 90° on the color wheel. #f8deb8 square combo is a palette of orange, mid green, blue cyan and mid magenta shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Pastry tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#b7d1f8) and two others. The Ice Cold is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Chantilly – 120° from the complementary Tropical Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #b7f8de and #f8b7d2.
In a RGB color space, hex #f8deb8 is made of 38% red, 34% green and 28% blue. In a HSL mode Pastry has a hue angle of 35.63°, a saturation of 82.05% and a lightness of 84.71%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #f8deb8 is made of 0% cyan, 10.19% magenta, 25.09% yellow and 2.75% black ink.
| HEX | #f8deb8 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(248,222,184) |
| RGB Percentage | 38%, 34%, 28% |
| CMYK | 0, 10.19, 25.09, 2.75 |
| HSL | hsl(35.63,82.05%,84.71%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(35.63,25.81%,97.25%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(89.7011,3.2962,21.9282) |
| XYZ | xyz(73.4844,75.6597,56.0781) |