Spanish Leather 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 | #7195c0 |
| Complementary Color | #3f628e |
| Color Shade: | orange (32.66° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 40.2% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Spanish Leather Color. The Gold Dust 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 Pimento Grain Brown (#6c5738) for more calm effect. Try Rare Find as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#3f628e is the best complementary color to Spanish Leather. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #8e6a3f complementary color is Chambray, 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 Potters Clay are #8e423f and #8a8e3f. Thus found on the left and right of #8e6a3f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Tosca and Sycamore colors as they work well with Spanish Leather.
The split-complementary Spanish Leather palette consists of #423f8e and #3f8a8e colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#3f628e). Try Victoria and Ming colors in combination with #8e6a3f, 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 #8e6a3f 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 Spanish Leather. Thus Affair and Viridian giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Spanish Leather contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Chambray, Goblin, and Plum split by 90° on the color wheel. #8e6a3f 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. Spanish Leather tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#3f628e) and two others. The Viridian is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Cannon Pink – 120° from the complementary Chambray. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #3f8e6a and #8e3f62.
In a RGB color space, hex #8e6a3f is made of 46% red, 34% green and 20% blue. In a HSL mode Spanish Leather has a hue angle of 32.66°, a saturation of 38.54% and a lightness of 40.2%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #8e6a3f is made of 0% cyan, 14.12% magenta, 30.98% yellow and 44.31% black ink.
| HEX | #8e6a3f |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(142,106,63) |
| RGB Percentage | 46%, 34%, 20% |
| CMYK | 0, 14.12, 30.98, 44.31 |
| HSL | hsl(32.66,38.54%,40.2%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(32.66,55.63%,55.69%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(47.5178,9.0656,29.5282) |
| XYZ | xyz(17.2066,16.4177,6.9647) |