Bison Beige 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 | #606e7f |
| Complementary Color | #808e9f |
| Color Shade: | orange (32.9° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 56.27% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Bison Beige Color. The Llama Wool color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Vigilant (#81796f) for more calm effect. Try City Tower as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#808e9f is the best complementary color to Bison Beige. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #9f9180 complementary color is Regent Gray, 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 Pale Oyster are #9f8180 and #9d9f80. Thus found on the left and right of #9f9180 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Pharlap and Sage colors as they work well with Bison Beige.
The split-complementary Bison Beige palette consists of #81809f and #809d9f colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#808e9f). Try Waterloo and Granny Smith colors in combination with #9f9180, 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 #9f9180 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 Bison Beige. Thus Mamba and Oxley giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Bison Beige contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Regent Gray, Amulet, and Mountbatten Pink split by 90° on the color wheel. #9f9180 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. Bison Beige tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#808e9f) and two others. The Oxley is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Mountbatten Pink – 120° from the complementary Regent Gray. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #809f91 and #9f808e.
In a RGB color space, hex #9f9180 is made of 37% red, 34% green and 30% blue. In a HSL mode Bison Beige has a hue angle of 32.9°, a saturation of 13.9% and a lightness of 56.27%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #9f9180 is made of 0% cyan, 5.49% magenta, 12.15% yellow and 37.65% black ink.
| HEX | #9f9180 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(159,145,128) |
| RGB Percentage | 37%, 34%, 30% |
| CMYK | 0, 5.49, 12.15, 37.65 |
| HSL | hsl(32.9,13.9%,56.27%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(32.9,19.5%,62.35%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(60.9404,2.3148,10.9074) |
| XYZ | xyz(28.3198,29.1802,24.5618) |