True Taupewood 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 | #575f6a |
| Complementary Color | #959da8 |
| Color Shade: | orange (34.74° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 62.16% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to True Taupewood Color. The Toffee Fingers 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 saturated alternative called Barro Verde (#9f8e71) for more energetic effect. Try Wild Wilderness as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#959da8 is the best complementary color to True Taupewood. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #a8a095 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 Bronco are #a89695 and #a6a895. Thus found on the left and right of #a8a095 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Dusty Gray and Bud colors as they work well with True Taupewood.
The split-complementary True Taupewood palette consists of #9695a8 and #95a6a8 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#959da8). Try Manatee and Cascade colors in combination with #a8a095, 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 #a8a095 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 True Taupewood. Thus Amethyst Smoke and Pewter giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of True Taupewood contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Manatee, Envy, and Shady Lady split by 90° on the color wheel. #a8a095 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. True Taupewood tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#959da8) and two others. The Pewter 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 #95a8a0 and #a8959d.
In a RGB color space, hex #a8a095 is made of 35% red, 34% green and 31% blue. In a HSL mode True Taupewood has a hue angle of 34.74°, a saturation of 9.84% and a lightness of 62.16%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #a8a095 is made of 0% cyan, 3.13% magenta, 7.45% yellow and 34.12% black ink.
| HEX | #a8a095 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(168,160,149) |
| RGB Percentage | 35%, 34%, 31% |
| CMYK | 0, 3.13, 7.45, 34.12 |
| HSL | hsl(34.74,9.84%,62.16%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(34.74,11.31%,65.88%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(66.2411,0.949,6.7601) |
| XYZ | xyz(34.1441,35.6364,33.5127) |