Barrel Stove Color

#8e7e67

Barrel Stove 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 #718198
Complementary Color #66778e
Color Shade: orange (35.38° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 48.04% (better contrasting with white)
Barrel Stove Color Sample
Barrel Stove Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #8e7e67

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Barrel Stove Color. The King Ghidorah 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 saturated alternative called Ground Pepper (#766551) for more energetic effect. Try Windmill Park as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#66778e is the best complementary color to Barrel Stove. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #8e7e67 complementary color is Lynch, 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 Cement are #8e6a66 and #8a8e66. Thus found on the left and right of #8e7e67 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Copper Rose and Avocado colors as they work well with Barrel Stove.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Barrel Stove palette consists of #6a668e and #668a8e colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#66778e). Try Kimberly and Juniper colors in combination with #8e7e67, 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 #8e7e67 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 Barrel Stove. Thus Rum and Viridian Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Barrel Stove contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Lynch, Glade Green, and Strikemaster split by 90° on the color wheel. #8e7e67 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. Barrel Stove tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#66778e) and two others. The Viridian Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Falcon – 120° from the complementary Lynch. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #668e7e and #8e6677.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #8e7e67 is made of 38% red, 34% green and 28% blue. In a HSL mode Barrel Stove has a hue angle of 35.38°, a saturation of 15.92% and a lightness of 48.04%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #8e7e67 is made of 0% cyan, 6.28% magenta, 15.3% yellow and 44.31% black ink.

HEX #8e7e67
RGB Decimal rgb(142,126,103)
RGB Percentage 38%, 34%, 28%
CMYK 0, 6.28, 15.3, 44.31
HSL hsl(35.38,15.92%,48.04%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(35.38,27.46%,55.69%)
CIE-LAB lab(53.6556,2.3404,14.7741)
XYZ xyz(21.0644,21.6518,15.901)
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