Honey Wax is soft, 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 | #05d |
| Complementary Color | #2176ff |
| Color Shade: | orange (36.92° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 56.67% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Honey Wax Color. The Rise-N-Shine color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Lemon Chrome (#ffc300) for more calm effect. Try American Orange as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#2176ff is the best complementary color to Honey Wax. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #fa2 complementary color is Dodger Blue, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of mid red, orange, and mid yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of White are #ff3b21 and #e5ff21. Thus found on the left and right of #fa2 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Red Orange and Broom colors as they work well with Honey Wax.
The split-complementary Honey Wax palette consists of #3b21ff and #21e5ff colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#2176ff). Try Blue and Cyan / Aqua colors in combination with #fa2, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.
The triadic palette of #fa2 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 Wax. Thus Electric Violet and Spring Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Honey Wax contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Dodger Blue, Green, and Razzle Dazzle Rose split by 90° on the color wheel. #fa2 square combo is a palette of orange, mid green, blue cyan and mid magenta shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Honey Wax tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#2176ff) and two others. The Spring Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Radical Red – 120° from the complementary Dodger Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #21ffa9 and #ff2176.
In a RGB color space, hex #ffaa22 is made of 56% red, 37% green and 7% blue. In a HSL mode Honey Wax has a hue angle of 36.92°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 56.67%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ffaa22 is made of 0% cyan, 33.33% magenta, 86.67% yellow and 0% black ink.
| HEX | #ffaa22 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(255,170,34) |
| RGB Percentage | 56%, 37%, 7% |
| CMYK | 0, 33.33, 86.67, 0 |
| HSL | hsl(36.92,100%,56.67%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(36.92,86.67%,100%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(76.1459,21.7449,74.2688) |
| XYZ | xyz(55.9035,50.1249,8.242) |