Tobacco Leaf Color

#8c724f

Tobacco Leaf 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 #738db0
Complementary Color #4f698c
Color Shade: orange (34.43° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 42.94% (better contrasting with white)
Tobacco Leaf Color Sample
Tobacco Leaf Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #8c724f

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Tobacco Leaf Color. The Barley Corn color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Axinite (#756050) for more calm effect. Try Bali Batik as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#4f698c is the best complementary color to Tobacco Leaf. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #8c724f complementary color is Kashmir Blue, 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 Shadow are #8c534f and #878c4f. Thus found on the left and right of #8c724f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Copper Rust and Shadow colors as they work well with Tobacco Leaf.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Tobacco Leaf palette consists of #534f8c and #4f878c colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#4f698c). Try Butterfly Bush and Smalt Blue colors in combination with #8c724f, 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 #8c724f 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 Tobacco Leaf. Thus Affair and Viridian giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Tobacco Leaf contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Kashmir Blue, Hippie Green, and Strikemaster split by 90° on the color wheel. #8c724f 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. Tobacco Leaf tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#4f698c) and two others. The Viridian is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Cannon Pink – 120° from the complementary Kashmir Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #4f8c72 and #8c4f69.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #8c724f is made of 42% red, 34% green and 24% blue. In a HSL mode Tobacco Leaf has a hue angle of 34.43°, a saturation of 27.85% and a lightness of 42.94%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #8c724f is made of 0% cyan, 10.19% magenta, 23.92% yellow and 45.1% black ink.

HEX #8c724f
RGB Decimal rgb(140,114,79)
RGB Percentage 42%, 34%, 24%
CMYK 0, 10.19, 23.92, 45.1
HSL hsl(34.43,27.85%,42.94%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(34.43,43.57%,54.9%)
CIE-LAB lab(49.7072,5.2018,23.2228)
XYZ xyz(18.2438,18.1746,9.9436)
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