Fresh Apricot Color

#ffd7a5

Fresh Apricot 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 #00285a
Complementary Color #a4ccff
Color Shade: orange (33.33° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 82.35% (better contrasting with black)
Fresh Apricot Color Sample
Fresh Apricot Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #ffd7a5

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Fresh Apricot Color. The Biogenic Sand 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 Fuzzy Peach (#ffbb8f) for more calm effect. Try Blank Canvas as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#a4ccff is the best complementary color to Fresh Apricot. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #ffd7a5 complementary color is Anakiwa, 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 Navajo White are #ffa9a4 and #faffa4. Thus found on the left and right of #ffd7a5 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Cornflower Lilac and Milan colors as they work well with Fresh Apricot.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Fresh Apricot palette consists of #a9a4ff and #a4faff colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#a4ccff). Try Melrose and Anakiwa colors in combination with #ffd7a5, 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 #ffd7a5 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 Fresh Apricot. Thus Mauve and Aquamarine giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Fresh Apricot contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Anakiwa, Mint Green, and Lavender Rose split by 90° on the color wheel. #ffd7a5 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. Fresh Apricot tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#a4ccff) and two others. The Aquamarine is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Carnation Pink – 120° from the complementary Anakiwa. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #a4ffd6 and #ffa4cc.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #ffd7a5 is made of 40% red, 34% green and 26% blue. In a HSL mode Fresh Apricot has a hue angle of 33.33°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 82.35%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ffd7a5 is made of 0% cyan, 15.69% magenta, 35.29% yellow and 0% black ink.

HEX #ffd7a5
RGB Decimal rgb(255,215,165)
RGB Percentage 40%, 34%, 26%
CMYK 0, 15.69, 35.29, 0
HSL hsl(33.33,100%,82.35%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(33.33,35.29%,100%)
CIE-LAB lab(88.2458,7.1574,29.888)
XYZ xyz(72.332,72.5775,45.7939)
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