Delicate Truffle Color

#aa9c8b

Delicate Truffle 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 #556374
Complementary Color #8b98aa
Color Shade: orange (32.9° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 60.59% (better contrasting with white)
Delicate Truffle Color Sample
Delicate Truffle Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #aa9c8b

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Delicate Truffle Color. The Garden Salt Green 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 Iced Mocha (#a3846c) for more energetic effect. Try Yardbird as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#8b98aa is the best complementary color to Delicate Truffle. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #aa9c8b complementary color is Regent Gray, 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 Napa are #aa8c8b and #a8aa8b. Thus found on the left and right of #aa9c8b on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Del Rio and Tallow colors as they work well with Delicate Truffle.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Delicate Truffle palette consists of #8c8baa and #8ba8aa colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#8b98aa). Try Manatee and Cascade colors in combination with #aa9c8b, 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 #aa9c8b 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 Delicate Truffle. Thus Amethyst Smoke and Cascade giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Delicate Truffle contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Regent Gray, Envy, and Bouquet split by 90° on the color wheel. #aa9c8b 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. Delicate Truffle tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#8b98aa) and two others. The Cascade is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Bouquet – 120° from the complementary Regent Gray. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #8baa9c and #aa8b98.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #aa9c8b is made of 37% red, 34% green and 30% blue. In a HSL mode Delicate Truffle has a hue angle of 32.9°, a saturation of 15.42% and a lightness of 60.59%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #aa9c8b is made of 0% cyan, 5.49% magenta, 12.16% yellow and 33.33% black ink.

HEX #aa9c8b
RGB Decimal rgb(170,156,139)
RGB Percentage 37%, 34%, 30%
CMYK 0, 5.49, 12.16, 33.33
HSL hsl(32.9,15.42%,60.59%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(32.9,18.24%,66.67%)
CIE-LAB lab(65.1108,2.2537,10.7555)
XYZ xyz(33.1262,34.1871,29.2789)
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