Buffalo Bill Color

#ae9274

Buffalo Bill 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 #516d8b
Complementary Color #7390ae
Color Shade: orange (31.03° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 56.86% (better contrasting with white)
Buffalo Bill Color Sample
Buffalo Bill Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #ae9274

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Buffalo Bill Color. The Green Gold color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Mocha (#9d7651) for more energetic effect. Try Llama Wool as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#7390ae is the best complementary color to Buffalo Bill. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #ae9274 complementary color is Bermuda 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 Sandal are #ae7473 and #adae73. Thus found on the left and right of #ae9274 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Coral Tree and Green Smoke colors as they work well with Buffalo Bill.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Buffalo Bill palette consists of #7473ae and #73adae colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#7390ae). Try Deluge and Gulf Stream colors in combination with #ae9274, 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 #ae9274 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 Buffalo Bill. Thus Purple Mountain's Majesty and Acapulco giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Buffalo Bill contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Bermuda Gray, Aqua Forest, and Bouquet split by 90° on the color wheel. #ae9274 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. Buffalo Bill tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#7390ae) and two others. The Acapulco is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Turkish Rose – 120° from the complementary Bermuda Gray. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #73ae92 and #ae738f.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #ae9274 is made of 40% red, 33% green and 27% blue. In a HSL mode Buffalo Bill has a hue angle of 31.03°, a saturation of 26.36% and a lightness of 56.86%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ae9274 is made of 0% cyan, 10.99% magenta, 22.75% yellow and 31.76% black ink.

HEX #ae9274
RGB Decimal rgb(174,146,116)
RGB Percentage 40%, 33%, 27%
CMYK 0, 10.99, 22.75, 31.76
HSL hsl(31.03,26.36%,56.86%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(31.03,33.33%,68.24%)
CIE-LAB lab(62.3532,6.0252,19.8261)
XYZ xyz(30.8868,30.8174,20.8434)
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