Apple Hill 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 | #596072 |
| Complementary Color | #8d94a6 |
| Color Shade: | orange (43.2° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 60.2% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Apple Hill Color. The Wet Cement color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Schooner (#8d8478) for more calm effect. Try Plover Grey as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#8d94a6 is the best complementary color to Apple Hill. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #a69f8d complementary color is Manatee, 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 Gray Olive are #a6928d and #a0a68d. Thus found on the left and right of #a69f8d on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Del Rio and Sage colors as they work well with Apple Hill.
The split-complementary Apple Hill palette consists of #928da6 and #8da0a6 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#8d94a6). Try Manatee and Granny Smith colors in combination with #a69f8d, 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 #a69f8d 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 Apple Hill. Thus Amethyst Smoke and Cascade giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Apple Hill contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Manatee, Envy, and Mountbatten Pink split by 90° on the color wheel. #a69f8d 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. Apple Hill tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#8d94a6) and two others. The Cascade is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Dusty Gray – 120° from the complementary Manatee. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #8da69f and #a68d94.
In a RGB color space, hex #a69f8d is made of 36% red, 34% green and 30% blue. In a HSL mode Apple Hill has a hue angle of 43.2°, a saturation of 12.32% and a lightness of 60.2%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #a69f8d is made of 0% cyan, 2.75% magenta, 9.81% yellow and 34.9% black ink.
| HEX | #a69f8d |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(166,159,141) |
| RGB Percentage | 36%, 34%, 30% |
| CMYK | 0, 2.75, 9.81, 34.9 |
| HSL | hsl(43.2,12.32%,60.2%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(43.2,15.06%,65.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(65.6132,-0.6021,10.3025) |
| XYZ | xyz(32.9317,34.8264,30.1858) |