Scotch Bonnet Color

#fe9f00

Scotch Bonnet is vibrant, warm-toned shade of orange. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with blue cyan, mid magenta or green cyan

Inverse Color #0160ff
Complementary Color #005ffe
Color Shade: orange (37.56° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 49.8% (better contrasting with white)
Scotch Bonnet Color Sample
Scotch Bonnet Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #fe9f00

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Scotch Bonnet Color. The Brimstone color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Orange Avant-Garde (#ff8822) for more calm effect. Try American Yellow as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#005ffe is the best complementary color to Scotch Bonnet. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #fe9f00 complementary color is Blue Ribbon, 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 Orange Peel are #fe2000 and #ddfe00. Thus found on the left and right of #fe9f00 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Scarlet and Chartreuse Yellow colors as they work well with Scotch Bonnet.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Scotch Bonnet palette consists of #1f00fe and #00ddfe colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#005ffe). Try Blue and Cyan / Aqua colors in combination with #fe9f00, 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 #fe9f00 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 Scotch Bonnet. Thus Electric Violet and Spring Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Scotch Bonnet contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Blue Ribbon, Green, and Purple Pizzazz split by 90° on the color wheel. #fe9f00 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. Scotch Bonnet tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#005ffe) and two others. The Spring Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Rose – 120° from the complementary Blue Ribbon. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #00fe9e and #fe005e.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #fe9f00 is made of 62% red, 38% green and 0% blue. In a HSL mode Scotch Bonnet has a hue angle of 37.56°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 49.8%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #fe9f00 is made of 0% cyan, 37.26% magenta, 99.61% yellow and 0.39% black ink.

HEX #fe9f00
RGB Decimal rgb(254,159,0)
RGB Percentage 62%, 38%, 0%
CMYK 0, 37.26, 99.61, 0.39
HSL hsl(37.56,100%,49.8%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(37.56,100%,99.61%)
CIE-LAB lab(73.4592,26.6442,77.9405)
XYZ xyz(53.2712,45.8671,6.0455)
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