Ground Cumin Color

#8a6c42

Ground Cumin is calm, 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 #7593bd
Complementary Color #42608a
Color Shade: orange (35° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 40% (better contrasting with white)
Ground Cumin Color Sample
Ground Cumin Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #8a6c42

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Ground Cumin Color. The Black Jasmine Rice color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Good Luck Charm (#9d865c) for more calm effect. Try Plum Green as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#42608a is the best complementary color to Ground Cumin. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #8a6c42 complementary color is East Bay, 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 Spicy Mix are #8a4842 and #838a42. Thus found on the left and right of #8a6c42 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Spicy Mix and Sycamore colors as they work well with Ground Cumin.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Ground Cumin palette consists of #48428a and #42838a colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#42608a). Try Victoria and Faded Jade colors in combination with #8a6c42, 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 #8a6c42 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 Ground Cumin. Thus Affair and Viridian giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Ground Cumin contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary East Bay, Goblin, and Cannon Pink split by 90° on the color wheel. #8a6c42 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. Ground Cumin tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#42608a) and two others. The Viridian is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Cannon Pink – 120° from the complementary East Bay. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #428a6c and #8a425f.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #8a6c42 is made of 44% red, 35% green and 21% blue. In a HSL mode Ground Cumin has a hue angle of 35°, a saturation of 35.29% and a lightness of 40%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #8a6c42 is made of 0% cyan, 11.77% magenta, 28.24% yellow and 45.88% black ink.

HEX #8a6c42
RGB Decimal rgb(138,108,66)
RGB Percentage 44%, 35%, 21%
CMYK 0, 11.77, 28.24, 45.88
HSL hsl(35,35.29%,40%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(35,52.17%,54.12%)
CIE-LAB lab(47.6517,6.3943,27.9193)
XYZ xyz(16.8272,16.5217,7.4564)
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