What color is Honeysuckle?
Honeysuckle is a warm, medium yellow with a soft green undertone, hex #EAE86F, giving it the gently muted quality of a ripe lemon rind. The color has enough yellow to read as sunny but enough green to keep it from feeling sharp or acidic.
What is the meaning of the color Honeysuckle?
Named after the honeysuckle flower, whose pale yellow blooms have been a fixture in English cottage gardens since at least the 16th century, this color carries associations with warmth, informality, and the natural world. The name was recorded in English color use by the early 20th century as part of a broader trend of naming soft yellows after flowering plants. Pantone brought the shade wider attention when it selected a close variant of this tone for commercial color reference, helping standardize its use in textile and interior markets. The color is catalogued in Pantone’s extended fashion and home palette, where it sits within a family of soft, nature-derived yellows used in spring and summer collections.
What colors go with Honeysuckle?
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Conversions & Codes
| Format | Value | CSS |
|---|---|---|
| HEX | #EAE86F |
color: #EAE86F;
|
| RGB | 234, 232, 111 |
color: rgb(234, 232, 111);
|
| RGB Percentage | 92%, 91%, 44% |
color: rgb(92%, 91%, 44%);
|
| CMYK | 0%, 1%, 53%, 8% | Not supported in CSS |
| HSL | 59°, 75%, 68% |
color: hsl(59, 75%, 68%);
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| HSV | 59°, 53%, 92% | Not supported in CSS |
| CIE-LAB | 54, 0, 40 |
color: lab(54% 0 40);
|
| Decimal | 15394927 | Not supported in CSS |
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CSS & Dev Snippets
.honeysuckle {
color: #EAE86F;
}
$honeysuckle: #EAE86F;
rgb(234, 232, 111)