Dried Mustard is soft, warm-toned shade of orange. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with blue cyan, mid magenta or green cyan
| Inverse Color | #7fb5ff |
| Complementary Color | #003680 |
| Color Shade: | orange (34.69° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 25.1% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Dried Mustard Color. The Rat Brown 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 Bay Brown (#773300) for more calm effect. Try Raw Sienna as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#003680 is the best complementary color to Dried Mustard. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #804a00 complementary color is Resolution Blue, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of mid red, orange, and mid yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Cinnamon are #800a00 and #768000. Thus found on the left and right of #804a00 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Maroon and Olive colors as they work well with Dried Mustard.
The split-complementary Dried Mustard palette consists of #090080 and #007580 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#003680). Try Navy Blue and Blue Lagoon colors in combination with #804a00, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.
The triadic palette of #804a00 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 Dried Mustard. Thus Pigment Indigo and Tropical Rain Forest giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Dried Mustard contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Resolution Blue, Japanese Laurel, and Fresh Eggplant split by 90° on the color wheel. #804a00 square combo is a palette of orange, mid green, blue cyan and mid magenta shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Dried Mustard tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#003680) and two others. The Tropical Rain Forest is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Siren – 120° from the complementary Resolution Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #00804a and #800035.
In a RGB color space, hex #804a00 is made of 63% red, 37% green and 0% blue. In a HSL mode Dried Mustard has a hue angle of 34.69°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 25.1%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #804a00 is made of 0% cyan, 21.18% magenta, 50.2% yellow and 49.8% black ink.
| HEX | #804a00 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(128,74,0) |
| RGB Percentage | 63%, 37%, 0% |
| CMYK | 0, 21.18, 50.2, 49.8 |
| HSL | hsl(34.69,100%,25.1%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(34.69,100%,50.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(36.9051,18.1867,46.305) |
| XYZ | xyz(11.3509,9.4868,1.2329) |