Honey Bees Color

#fbd682

Honey Bees 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 #04297d
Complementary Color #82a6fb
Color Shade: orange (41.65° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 74.71% (better contrasting with black)
Honey Bees Color Sample
Honey Bees Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #fbd682

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Honey Bees Color. The Mango Latte 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 Craggy Skin (#f7bd7b) for more calm effect. Try Cochin Chicken as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#82a6fb is the best complementary color to Honey Bees. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #fbd682 complementary color is Malibu, 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 Salomie are #fb9982 and #e3fb82. Thus found on the left and right of #fbd682 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Geraldine and Honeysuckle colors as they work well with Honey Bees.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Honey Bees palette consists of #9982fb and #82e3fb colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#82a6fb). Try Portage and Malibu colors in combination with #fbd682, 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 #fbd682 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 Honey Bees. Thus Heliotrope and Aquamarine giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Honey Bees contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Malibu, Mint Green, and Lavender Rose split by 90° on the color wheel. #fbd682 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. Honey Bees tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#82a6fb) and two others. The Aquamarine is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Tickle Me Pink – 120° from the complementary Malibu. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #82fbd6 and #fb82a6.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #fbd682 is made of 42% red, 36% green and 22% blue. In a HSL mode Honey Bees has a hue angle of 41.65°, a saturation of 93.8% and a lightness of 74.71%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #fbd682 is made of 0% cyan, 14.51% magenta, 47.45% yellow and 1.57% black ink.

HEX #fbd682
RGB Decimal rgb(251,214,130)
RGB Percentage 42%, 36%, 22%
CMYK 0, 14.51, 47.45, 1.57
HSL hsl(41.65,93.8%,74.71%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(41.65,48.21%,98.43%)
CIE-LAB lab(87.1018,2.4791,46.055)
XYZ xyz(67.8595,70.2141,31.0952)
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