Cookie Dough Color

#ab7100

Cookie Dough is soft, 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 #548eff
Complementary Color #0039ab
Color Shade: orange (39.65° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 33.53% (better contrasting with white)
Cookie Dough Color Sample
Cookie Dough Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #ab7100

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Cookie Dough Color. The Fire Ant color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Alligator (#886600) for more calm effect. Try Vermin Brown as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#0039ab is the best complementary color to Cookie Dough. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #ab7100 complementary color is International Klein Blue, 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 Pirate Gold are #ab1b00 and #8fab00. Thus found on the left and right of #ab7100 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Milano Red and Limeade colors as they work well with Cookie Dough.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Cookie Dough palette consists of #1b00ab and #008fab colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#0039ab). Try Dark Blue and Bondi Blue colors in combination with #ab7100, 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 #ab7100 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 Cookie Dough. Thus Purple and Jade giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Cookie Dough contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary International Klein Blue, Green Haze, and Flirt split by 90° on the color wheel. #ab7100 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. Cookie Dough tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#0039ab) and two others. The Jade is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Shiraz – 120° from the complementary International Klein Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #00ab70 and #ab0039.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #ab7100 is made of 60% red, 40% green and 0% blue. In a HSL mode Cookie Dough has a hue angle of 39.65°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 33.53%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ab7100 is made of 0% cyan, 22.75% magenta, 67.06% yellow and 32.94% black ink.

HEX #ab7100
RGB Decimal rgb(171,113,0)
RGB Percentage 60%, 40%, 0%
CMYK 0, 22.75, 67.06, 32.94
HSL hsl(39.65,100%,33.53%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(39.65,100%,67.06%)
CIE-LAB lab(52.3625,15.55,59.1558)
XYZ xyz(22.6997,20.4682,2.7543)
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