Incense Color

#af9a7e

Incense 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 #506581
Complementary Color #7e93af
Color Shade: orange (34.29° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 59.02% (better contrasting with white)
Incense Color Sample
Incense Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #af9a7e

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Incense Color. The Rookwood Clay color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Lover's Leap (#957e68) for more calm effect. Try Locomotion as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#7e93af is the best complementary color to Incense. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #af9a7e complementary color is Bali Hai, 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 Sandrift are #af817e and #abaf7e. Thus found on the left and right of #af9a7e on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Pharlap and Hillary colors as they work well with Incense.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Incense palette consists of #817eaf and #7eabaf colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#7e93af). Try Wild Blue Yonder and Gulf Stream colors in combination with #af9a7e, 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 #af9a7e 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 Incense. Thus Lavender Purple and Acapulco giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Incense contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Bali Hai, Bay Leaf, and Bouquet split by 90° on the color wheel. #af9a7e 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. Incense tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#7e93af) and two others. The Acapulco is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Bouquet – 120° from the complementary Bali Hai. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #7eaf9a and #af7e92.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #af9a7e is made of 38% red, 34% green and 28% blue. In a HSL mode Incense has a hue angle of 34.29°, a saturation of 23.44% and a lightness of 59.02%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #af9a7e is made of 0% cyan, 8.24% magenta, 19.22% yellow and 31.37% black ink.

HEX #af9a7e
RGB Decimal rgb(175,154,126)
RGB Percentage 38%, 34%, 28%
CMYK 0, 8.24, 19.22, 31.37
HSL hsl(34.29,23.44%,59.02%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(34.29,28%,68.63%)
CIE-LAB lab(64.7489,3.3685,17.5592)
XYZ xyz(33.0007,33.7315,24.5102)
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