Pastry Dough 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 | #05122a |
| Complementary Color | #d5e2fa |
| Color Shade: | orange (38.92° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 90.78% (better contrasting with black) |
If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Pastry Dough Color. The Ice Cream Parlour 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 soft alternative called Vanilla (#f3e5ab) for more calm effect. Try Lemon Ice Yellow as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#d5e2fa is the best complementary color to Pastry Dough. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #faedd5 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 #fadad5 and #f4fad5. Thus found on the left and right of #faedd5 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Azalea and Orinoco colors as they work well with Pastry Dough.
The split-complementary Pastry Dough palette consists of #dad5fa and #d5f4fa colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#d5e2fa). Try Perfume and Humming Bird colors in combination with #faedd5, 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 #faedd5 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 Dough. Thus Selago and Humming Bird giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Pastry Dough contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Tropical Blue, Blue Romance, and Classic Rose split by 90° on the color wheel. #faedd5 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 Dough tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#d5e2fa) and two others. The Humming Bird is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Azalea – 120° from the complementary Tropical Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #d5faed and #fad5e1.
In a RGB color space, hex #faedd5 is made of 36% red, 34% green and 30% blue. In a HSL mode Pastry Dough has a hue angle of 38.92°, a saturation of 78.72% and a lightness of 90.78%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #faedd5 is made of 0% cyan, 5.1% magenta, 14.51% yellow and 1.96% black ink.
| HEX | #faedd5 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(250,237,213) |
| RGB Percentage | 36%, 34%, 30% |
| CMYK | 0, 5.1, 14.51, 1.96 |
| HSL | hsl(38.92,78.72%,90.78%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(38.92,14.8%,98.04%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(94.1824,0.5181,13.195) |
| XYZ | xyz(81.7188,85.6965,75.1848) |