Bengal Grass Color

#8e773f

Bengal Grass 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 #7188c0
Complementary Color #3f558e
Color Shade: orange (42.53° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 40.2% (better contrasting with white)
Bengal Grass Color Sample
Bengal Grass Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #8e773f

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Bengal Grass Color. The Tupelo Tree color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Mustard Gold (#b08e51) for more calm effect. Try Queen Lioness as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#3f558e is the best complementary color to Bengal Grass. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #8e773f complementary color is Chambray, 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 Sycamore are #8e4f3f and #7d8e3f. Thus found on the left and right of #8e773f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Ironstone and Sycamore colors as they work well with Bengal Grass.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Bengal Grass palette consists of #4f3f8e and #3f7d8e colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#3f558e). Try Victoria and Ming colors in combination with #8e773f, 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 #8e773f 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 Bengal Grass. Thus Affair and Viridian giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Bengal Grass contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Chambray, Goblin, and Cannon Pink split by 90° on the color wheel. #8e773f 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. Bengal Grass tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#3f558e) and two others. The Viridian is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Vin Rouge – 120° from the complementary Chambray. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #3f8e77 and #8e3f55.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #8e773f is made of 44% red, 37% green and 19% blue. In a HSL mode Bengal Grass has a hue angle of 42.53°, a saturation of 38.54% and a lightness of 40.2%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #8e773f is made of 0% cyan, 9.02% magenta, 30.98% yellow and 44.31% black ink.

HEX #8e773f
RGB Decimal rgb(142,119,63)
RGB Percentage 44%, 37%, 19%
CMYK 0, 9.02, 30.98, 44.31
HSL hsl(42.53,38.54%,40.2%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(42.53,55.63%,55.69%)
CIE-LAB lab(51.0402,1.5776,33.801)
XYZ xyz(18.6494,19.3033,7.4456)
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