Delightful 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 | #061837 |
| Complementary Color | #c8daf9 |
| Color Shade: | orange (37.96° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 88.04% (better contrasting with black) |
If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Delightful Pastry Color. The Warm Cocoon 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 Bagel (#f6cd9b) for more energetic effect. Try White Desert as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#c8daf9 is the best complementary color to Delightful 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 #f9e7c8 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 Champagne are #f9cec8 and #f2f9c8. Thus found on the left and right of #f9e7c8 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Givry and Corn Field colors as they work well with Delightful Pastry.
The split-complementary Delightful Pastry palette consists of #cec8f9 and #c8f2f9 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#c8daf9). Try Perfume and Scandal colors in combination with #f9e7c8, 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 #f9e7c8 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 Delightful Pastry. Thus Perfume and Scandal giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Delightful Pastry contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Tropical Blue, Gossip, and Classic Rose split by 90° on the color wheel. #f9e7c8 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. Delightful Pastry tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#c8daf9) and two others. The Scandal 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 #c8f9e7 and #f9c8da.
In a RGB color space, hex #f9e7c8 is made of 37% red, 34% green and 29% blue. In a HSL mode Delightful Pastry has a hue angle of 37.96°, a saturation of 80.33% and a lightness of 88.04%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #f9e7c8 is made of 0% cyan, 7.06% magenta, 19.22% yellow and 2.35% black ink.
| HEX | #f9e7c8 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(249,231,200) |
| RGB Percentage | 37%, 34%, 29% |
| CMYK | 0, 7.06, 19.22, 2.35 |
| HSL | hsl(37.96,80.33%,88.04%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(37.96,19.68%,97.65%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(92.3368,1.2856,17.3104) |
| XYZ | xyz(78.0682,81.4617,66.2526) |