Sweet as Honey Color

#ffe9ac

Sweet as 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 #001653
Complementary Color #acc2ff
Color Shade: orange (44.1° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 83.73% (better contrasting with black)
Sweet as Honey Color Sample
Sweet as Honey Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #ffe9ac

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Sweet as Honey Color. The Scotch Mist 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 Malibu Sun (#fff2d9) for more calm effect. Try Desert Lily as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#acc2ff is the best complementary color to Sweet as 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 #ffe9ac 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 #ffbfac and #ebffac. Thus found on the left and right of #ffe9ac on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Wax Flower and Tidal colors as they work well with Sweet as Honey.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Sweet as Honey palette consists of #bfacff and #acebff colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#acc2ff). Try Melrose and Anakiwa colors in combination with #ffe9ac, 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 #ffe9ac 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 Sweet as Honey. Thus Mauve and Aero Blue giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Sweet as Honey contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Melrose, Mint Green, and Cotton Candy split by 90° on the color wheel. #ffe9ac 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. Sweet as Honey tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#acc2ff) 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 #acffe9 and #ffacc2.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #ffe9ac is made of 39% red, 35% green and 26% blue. In a HSL mode Sweet as Honey has a hue angle of 44.1°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 83.73%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ffe9ac is made of 0% cyan, 8.63% magenta, 32.55% yellow and 0% black ink.

HEX #ffe9ac
RGB Decimal rgb(255,233,172)
RGB Percentage 39%, 35%, 26%
CMYK 0, 8.63, 32.55, 0
HSL hsl(44.1,100%,83.73%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(44.1,32.55%,100%)
CIE-LAB lab(92.8023,-1.2071,32.4152)
XYZ xyz(77.8253,82.5164,50.8551)
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