Tavern Creek Color

#957046

Tavern Creek 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 #6a8fb9
Complementary Color #466b95
Color Shade: orange (31.9° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 42.94% (better contrasting with white)
Tavern Creek Color Sample
Tavern Creek Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #957046

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Tavern Creek Color. The Muesli 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 Bamboo Yellow (#ae884b) for more energetic effect. Try Truepenny as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#466b95 is the best complementary color to Tavern Creek. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #957046 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 Cape Palliser are #954846 and #929546. Thus found on the left and right of #957046 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Copper Rust and Sycamore colors as they work well with Tavern Creek.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Tavern Creek palette consists of #484695 and #469295 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#466b95). Try Victoria and Wedgewood colors in combination with #957046, 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 #957046 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 Tavern Creek. Thus Affair and Viridian giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Tavern Creek contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Kashmir Blue, Fruit Salad, and Cannon Pink split by 90° on the color wheel. #957046 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. Tavern Creek tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#466b95) 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 #469570 and #95466a.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #957046 is made of 45% red, 34% green and 21% blue. In a HSL mode Tavern Creek has a hue angle of 31.9°, a saturation of 36.07% and a lightness of 42.94%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #957046 is made of 0% cyan, 14.51% magenta, 30.98% yellow and 41.57% black ink.

HEX #957046
RGB Decimal rgb(149,112,70)
RGB Percentage 45%, 34%, 21%
CMYK 0, 14.51, 30.98, 41.57
HSL hsl(31.9,36.07%,42.94%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(31.9,53.02%,58.43%)
CIE-LAB lab(50.0017,9.364,28.8829)
XYZ xyz(19.2941,18.4201,8.3329)
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