Burnished Cream Color

#fce5bf

Burnished Cream 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 #031a40
Complementary Color #bfd6fb
Color Shade: orange (37.38° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 86.86% (better contrasting with black)
Burnished Cream Color Sample
Burnished Cream Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #fce5bf

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Burnished Cream Color. The Chardonnay color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Toasted Marshmallow Fluff (#fff9eb) for more energetic effect. Try Fresh Yellow as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#bfd6fb is the best complementary color to Burnished Cream. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #fce5bf complementary color is Sail, 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 Banana Mania are #fbc6bf and #f4fbbf. Thus found on the left and right of #fce5bf on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Apricot Peach and Mimosa colors as they work well with Burnished Cream.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Burnished Cream palette consists of #c6bffb and #bff4fb colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#bfd6fb). Try Perfume and Charlotte colors in combination with #fce5bf, 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 #fce5bf 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 Burnished Cream. Thus Perfume and Scandal giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Burnished Cream contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Sail, Gossip, and Classic Rose split by 90° on the color wheel. #fce5bf 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. Burnished Cream tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#bfd6fb) and two others. The Scandal is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Cupid – 120° from the complementary Sail. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #bffbe5 and #fbbfd6.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #fce5bf is made of 38% red, 34% green and 28% blue. In a HSL mode Burnished Cream has a hue angle of 37.38°, a saturation of 91.04% and a lightness of 86.86%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #fce5bf is made of 0% cyan, 9.02% magenta, 23.92% yellow and 1.18% black ink.

HEX #fce5bf
RGB Decimal rgb(252,229,191)
RGB Percentage 38%, 34%, 28%
CMYK 0, 9.02, 23.92, 1.18
HSL hsl(37.38,91.04%,86.86%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(37.38,24.21%,98.82%)
CIE-LAB lab(91.9068,2.1371,21.4071)
XYZ xyz(77.5682,80.4957,60.7391)
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