Cape Honey Color

#fee5ac

Cape Honey 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 #011a53
Complementary Color #abc4fe
Color Shade: orange (41.71° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 83.53% (better contrasting with black)
Cape Honey Color Sample
Cape Honey Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #fee5ac

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Cape Honey Color. The Beige Topaz 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 Stellar Light (#fff4dd) for more energetic effect. Try Uldum Beige as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#abc4fe is the best complementary color to Cape Honey. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #fee5ac complementary color is Melrose, 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 Cape Honey are #febcab and #eefeab. Thus found on the left and right of #fee5ac on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Melon and Tidal colors as they work well with Cape Honey.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Cape Honey palette consists of #bbabfe and #abedfe colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#abc4fe). Try Melrose and Anakiwa colors in combination with #fee5ac, 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 #fee5ac 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 Cape Honey. Thus Mauve and Aero Blue giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Cape Honey contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Melrose, Mint Green, and Lavender Rose split by 90° on the color wheel. #fee5ac 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. Cape Honey tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#abc4fe) and two others. The Aero Blue is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Carnation Pink – 120° from the complementary Melrose. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #abfee5 and #feabc5.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #fee5ac is made of 39% red, 35% green and 26% blue. In a HSL mode Cape Honey has a hue angle of 41.71°, a saturation of 97.62% and a lightness of 83.53%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #fee5ac is made of 0% cyan, 9.81% magenta, 32.16% yellow and 0.39% black ink.

HEX #fee5ac
RGB Decimal rgb(254,229,172)
RGB Percentage 39%, 35%, 26%
CMYK 0, 9.81, 32.16, 0.39
HSL hsl(41.71,97.62%,83.53%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(41.71,32.28%,99.61%)
CIE-LAB lab(91.7243,0.4418,30.9547)
XYZ xyz(76.3388,80.088,50.4648)
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