Luxor Gold Color

#ab8d3f

Luxor Gold is calm, 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 #5472c0
Complementary Color #3f5cab
Color Shade: orange (43.33° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 45.88% (better contrasting with white)
Luxor Gold Color Sample
Luxor Gold Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #ab8d3f

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Luxor Gold Color. The Buff Leather 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 soft alternative called Baikō Brown (#887938) for more calm effect. Try Heavy Ochre as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#3f5cab is the best complementary color to Luxor Gold. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #ab8d3f complementary color is San Marino, 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 Sycamore are #ab573f and #93ab3f. Thus found on the left and right of #ab8d3f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Brown Rust and Sushi colors as they work well with Luxor Gold.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Luxor Gold palette consists of #563fab and #3f92ab colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#3f5cab). Try Royal Purple and Boston Blue colors in combination with #ab8d3f, 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 #ab8d3f 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 Luxor Gold. Thus Vivid Violet and Ocean Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Luxor Gold contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary San Marino, Chateau Green, and Rouge split by 90° on the color wheel. #ab8d3f 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. Luxor Gold tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#3f5cab) and two others. The Ocean Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Hippie Pink – 120° from the complementary San Marino. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #3fab8d and #ab3f5c.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #ab8d3f is made of 46% red, 38% green and 17% blue. In a HSL mode Luxor Gold has a hue angle of 43.33°, a saturation of 46.15% and a lightness of 45.88%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ab8d3f is made of 0% cyan, 11.77% magenta, 42.35% yellow and 32.94% black ink.

HEX #ab8d3f
RGB Decimal rgb(171,141,63)
RGB Percentage 46%, 38%, 17%
CMYK 0, 11.77, 42.35, 32.94
HSL hsl(43.33,46.15%,45.88%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(43.33,63.16%,67.06%)
CIE-LAB lab(59.9488,2.1951,44.8517)
XYZ xyz(27.2167,28.0666,8.6855)
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