Mushroom Forest Color

#8e8062

Mushroom Forest 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 #717f9d
Complementary Color #616f8e
Color Shade: orange (40.91° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 47.06% (better contrasting with white)
Mushroom Forest Color Sample
Mushroom Forest Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #8e8062

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Mushroom Forest Color. The At Ease Soldier 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 saturated alternative called Sunbaked Adobe (#ab9a6e) for more energetic effect. Try Mud Pack as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#616f8e is the best complementary color to Mushroom Forest. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #8e8062 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 Clay Creek are #8e6961 and #868e61. Thus found on the left and right of #8e8062 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Copper Rose and Avocado colors as they work well with Mushroom Forest.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Mushroom Forest palette consists of #69618e and #61868e colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#616f8e). Try Kimberly and Juniper colors in combination with #8e8062, 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 #8e8062 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 Mushroom Forest. Thus Trendy Pink and Patina giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Mushroom Forest contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Lynch, Spring Leaves, and Strikemaster split by 90° on the color wheel. #8e8062 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. Mushroom Forest tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#616f8e) and two others. The Patina is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Copper Rose – 120° from the complementary Lynch. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #618e80 and #8e6170.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #8e8062 is made of 39% red, 35% green and 27% blue. In a HSL mode Mushroom Forest has a hue angle of 40.91°, a saturation of 18.33% and a lightness of 47.06%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #8e8062 is made of 0% cyan, 5.49% magenta, 17.26% yellow and 44.31% black ink.

HEX #8e8062
RGB Decimal rgb(142,128,98)
RGB Percentage 39%, 35%, 27%
CMYK 0, 5.49, 17.26, 44.31
HSL hsl(40.91,18.33%,47.06%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(40.91,30.99%,55.69%)
CIE-LAB lab(54.1022,0.4857,18.2552)
XYZ xyz(21.0791,22.071,14.7044)
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