California Peach Color

#fcbe6a

California Peach 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 #034195
Complementary Color #6aa7fc
Color Shade: orange (34.52° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 70.2% (better contrasting with black)
California Peach Color Sample
California Peach Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #fcbe6a

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to California Peach Color. The Yellow Jacket 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 Aspen Gold (#ffd662) for more energetic effect. Try Bittersweet as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#6aa7fc is the best complementary color to California Peach. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #fcbe6a 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 Koromiko are #fc756a and #f0fc6a. Thus found on the left and right of #fcbe6a on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Bittersweet and Canary colors as they work well with California Peach.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary California Peach palette consists of #756afc and #6af0fc colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#6aa7fc). Try Cornflower Blue and Malibu colors in combination with #fcbe6a, 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 #fcbe6a 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 California Peach. Thus Heliotrope and Aquamarine giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of California Peach contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Malibu, Screamin' Green, and Pink Flamingo split by 90° on the color wheel. #fcbe6a 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. California Peach tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#6aa7fc) and two others. The Aquamarine is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Hot Pink – 120° from the complementary Malibu. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #6afcbe and #fc6aa8.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #fcbe6a is made of 46% red, 35% green and 19% blue. In a HSL mode California Peach has a hue angle of 34.52°, a saturation of 96.05% and a lightness of 70.2%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #fcbe6a is made of 0% cyan, 24.31% magenta, 57.25% yellow and 1.18% black ink.

HEX #fcbe6a
RGB Decimal rgb(252,190,106)
RGB Percentage 46%, 35%, 19%
CMYK 0, 24.31, 57.25, 1.18
HSL hsl(34.52,96.05%,70.2%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(34.52,57.94%,98.82%)
CIE-LAB lab(81.0508,13.3419,50.4768)
XYZ xyz(61.1599,58.563,21.716)
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