Rice Cake Color

#fffef0

Rice Cake is pale, warm-toned shade of warm yellow. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with cool blue, warm magenta or warm cyan

Inverse Color #00010f
Complementary Color #f0f1ff
Color Shade: warm yellow (56° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 97.06% (better contrasting with black)
Rice Cake Color Sample
Rice Cake Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #fffef0

If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Rice Cake Color. The Matt White color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a orange bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Pure Laughter (#fdf5ca) for more calm effect. Try Crocus Tint as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#f0f1ff is the best complementary color to Rice Cake. Cool blue shades generally complement the warm yellow hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #fffef0 complementary color is Titan White, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm red, warm yellow, and cool yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Rice Cake are #fff6f0 and #f8fff0. Thus found on the left and right of #fffef0 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Seashell Peach and Ceramic colors as they work well with Rice Cake.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Rice Cake palette consists of #f6f0ff and #f0f8ff colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#f0f1ff). Try Magnolia and Alice Blue colors in combination with #fffef0, 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 #fffef0 offers a combination of cool magenta and warm cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Rice Cake. Thus White Pointer and Dew giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Rice Cake contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Titan White, Hint of Green, and Tutu split by 90° on the color wheel. #fffef0 square combo is a palette of warm yellow, cool green, cool blue and warm 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. Rice Cake tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#f0f1ff) and two others. The Dew is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Chablis – 120° from the complementary Titan White. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #f0fffe and #fff0f1.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #fffef0 is made of 34% red, 34% green and 32% blue. In a HSL mode Rice Cake has a hue angle of 56°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 97.06%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #fffef0 is made of 0% cyan, 0.39% magenta, 5.88% yellow and 0% black ink.

HEX #fffef0
RGB Decimal rgb(255,254,240)
RGB Percentage 34%, 34%, 32%
CMYK 0, 0.39, 5.88, 0
HSL hsl(56,100%,97.06%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(56,5.88%,100%)
CIE-LAB lab(99.3916,-2.0452,6.7953)
XYZ xyz(92.41,98.4349,96.5674)
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