Shadow Woods Color

#8a795d

Shadow Woods is pale, 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 #7586a2
Complementary Color #5c6d8a
Color Shade: orange (37.33° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 45.29% (better contrasting with white)
Shadow Woods Color Sample
Shadow Woods Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #8a795d

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Shadow Woods Color. The Midnight Brown color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Classic Bronze (#6d624e) for more calm effect. Try Never Cry Wolf as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#5c6d8a is the best complementary color to Shadow Woods. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #8a795d complementary color is Waikawa Gray, 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 Domino are #8a625c and #848a5c. Thus found on the left and right of #8a795d on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Au Chico and Avocado colors as they work well with Shadow Woods.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Shadow Woods palette consists of #625c8a and #5c848a colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#5c6d8a). Try Dolphin and Smalt Blue colors in combination with #8a795d, 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 #8a795d 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 Shadow Woods. Thus Trendy Pink and Viridian Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Shadow Woods contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Waikawa Gray, Spring Leaves, and Strikemaster split by 90° on the color wheel. #8a795d 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. Shadow Woods tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#5c6d8a) and two others. The Viridian Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Falcon – 120° from the complementary Waikawa Gray. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #5c8a79 and #8a5c6d.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #8a795d is made of 39% red, 34% green and 26% blue. In a HSL mode Shadow Woods has a hue angle of 37.33°, a saturation of 19.48% and a lightness of 45.29%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #8a795d is made of 0% cyan, 6.67% magenta, 17.65% yellow and 45.88% black ink.

HEX #8a795d
RGB Decimal rgb(138,121,93)
RGB Percentage 39%, 34%, 26%
CMYK 0, 6.67, 17.65, 45.88
HSL hsl(37.33,19.48%,45.29%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(37.33,32.61%,54.12%)
CIE-LAB lab(51.688,2.0971,17.7839)
XYZ xyz(19.2944,19.8683,13.174)
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