Rich Honey is calm, 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 | #064382 |
| Complementary Color | #7cb9f9 |
| Color Shade: | orange (30.48° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 73.33% (better contrasting with black) |
If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Rich Honey Color. The Horseradish Yellow 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 Phoenix Fossil (#f8d99e) for more calm effect. Try Egg Cream as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#7cb9f9 is the best complementary color to Rich 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 #f9bc7d complementary color is Malibu, 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 Rajah are #f97d7c and #f8f97c. Thus found on the left and right of #f9bc7d on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Froly and Honeysuckle colors as they work well with Rich Honey.
The split-complementary Rich Honey palette consists of #7e7cf9 and #7cf8f9 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#7cb9f9). Try Cornflower Blue and Malibu colors in combination with #f9bc7d, 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 #f9bc7d 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 Rich Honey. Thus Heliotrope and Aquamarine giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Rich Honey contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Malibu, Screamin' Green, and Blush Pink split by 90° on the color wheel. #f9bc7d 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. Rich Honey tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#7cb9f9) and two others. The Aquamarine is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Persian Pink – 120° from the complementary Malibu. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #7cf9bc and #f97cb9.
In a RGB color space, hex #f9bc7d is made of 44% red, 33% green and 22% blue. In a HSL mode Rich Honey has a hue angle of 30.48°, a saturation of 91.18% and a lightness of 73.33%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #f9bc7d is made of 0% cyan, 23.92% magenta, 48.63% yellow and 2.35% black ink.
| HEX | #f9bc7d |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(249,188,125) |
| RGB Percentage | 44%, 33%, 22% |
| CMYK | 0, 23.92, 48.63, 2.35 |
| HSL | hsl(30.48,91.18%,73.33%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(30.48,49.8%,97.65%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(80.5085,14.717,40.256) |
| XYZ | xyz(60.7518,57.5868,27.3154) |