Temple Tile Color

#a9855d

Temple Tile 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 #567aa2
Complementary Color #5c80a9
Color Shade: orange (31.58° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 51.37% (better contrasting with white)
Temple Tile Color Sample
Temple Tile Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #a9855d

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Temple Tile Color. The Smoldering Copper 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 Sorrel Brown (#9b6d51) for more energetic effect. Try Caravel Brown as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#5c80a9 is the best complementary color to Temple Tile. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #a9855d complementary color is Horizon, 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 Muesli are #a95f5c and #a6a95c. Thus found on the left and right of #a9855d on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Matrix and Green Smoke colors as they work well with Temple Tile.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Temple Tile palette consists of #5f5ca9 and #5ca6a9 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#5c80a9). Try Scampi and Breaker Bay colors in combination with #a9855d, 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 #a9855d 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 Temple Tile. Thus Deluge and Aqua Forest giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Temple Tile contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Horizon, Fruit Salad, and Tapestry split by 90° on the color wheel. #a9855d 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. Temple Tile tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#5c80a9) and two others. The Aqua Forest is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Tapestry – 120° from the complementary Horizon. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #5ca985 and #a95c80.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #a9855d is made of 43% red, 34% green and 24% blue. In a HSL mode Temple Tile has a hue angle of 31.58°, a saturation of 30.65% and a lightness of 51.37%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #a9855d is made of 0% cyan, 14.11% magenta, 29.8% yellow and 33.73% black ink.

HEX #a9855d
RGB Decimal rgb(169,133,93)
RGB Percentage 43%, 34%, 24%
CMYK 0, 14.11, 29.8, 33.73
HSL hsl(31.58,30.65%,51.37%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(31.58,44.97%,66.27%)
CIE-LAB lab(58.0374,8.4394,26.7874)
XYZ xyz(26.7255,26.0004,13.9659)
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