The Color of Anything · Fruits & Food
The Color of Honey
Amber gold with the light through it.
#E39D2DColor values
- HEX
- #E39D2D
- RGB
- rgb(227, 157, 45)
- HSL
- hsl(36.9, 76.5%, 53.3%)
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Why is Honey this color?
The intuitive primary color of Honey is #E39D2D. Matched against 32,258 open-source color names, the nearest named color is "Shì Zǐ Chéng Persimmon" (#E29F31, ΔE <1), and 8 named colors directly contain the word "Honey" — naming culture and semantic intuition converge here. Chinese traditional color pairings are listed below.
Shì Zǐ Chéng Persimmon#E29F31 · Full color profileNamed colors containing "Honey" (8)
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FAQ
▸What color is Honey?
The intuitive primary is #E39D2D. We first choose the primary editorially, then cross-check it against 32,258 named colors, 659 Chinese traditional colors and 18,114 standard cards — the nearest named color and real colors containing "Honey" are listed on the page.
▸How was this color determined?
Color words have no single canonical answer. Each primary is chosen from semantic imagery, common associations and real-world references, then backed with nearest-named-color (ΔE distance) and dictionary lookups shown in full on the page.
▸Can I use the color of Honey in design?
Yes. The page gives #E39D2D in HEX, RGB and HSL formats with one-click copy; you can also fine-tune it in the palette editor or open the full color profile for contrast and pairing advice.
▸Why do different sources give different colors for Honey?
Color words are cultural intuition, not standard cards — associations vary across languages and contexts. We provide one intuitive primary backed by database evidence, plus Chinese traditional pairings for cross-cultural comparison.