Light Spice Color

#b3a18e

Light Spice 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 #4c5e71
Complementary Color #8ea0b3
Color Shade: orange (30.81° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 62.94% (better contrasting with white)
Light Spice Color Sample
Light Spice Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #b3a18e

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Light Spice Color. The Fossil Butte 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 Yearling (#ad896a) for more energetic effect. Try Ginnezumi as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#8ea0b3 is the best complementary color to Light Spice. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #b3a18e 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 Hillary are #b38e8e and #b2b38e. Thus found on the left and right of #b3a18e on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Del Rio and Taupe Gray colors as they work well with Light Spice.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Light Spice palette consists of #8e8eb3 and #8eb2b3 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#8ea0b3). Try Amethyst Smoke and Cascade colors in combination with #b3a18e, 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 #b3a18e 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 Light Spice. Thus Amethyst Smoke and Summer Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Light Spice contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Bali Hai, Envy, and Bouquet split by 90° on the color wheel. #b3a18e square combo is a palette of orange, warm 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. Light Spice tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#8ea0b3) and two others. The Summer Green 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 #8eb3a1 and #b38ea0.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #b3a18e is made of 37% red, 33% green and 29% blue. In a HSL mode Light Spice has a hue angle of 30.81°, a saturation of 19.58% and a lightness of 62.94%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #b3a18e is made of 0% cyan, 7.06% magenta, 14.51% yellow and 29.8% black ink.

HEX #b3a18e
RGB Decimal rgb(179,161,142)
RGB Percentage 37%, 33%, 29%
CMYK 0, 7.06, 14.51, 29.8
HSL hsl(30.81,19.58%,62.94%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(30.81,20.67%,70.2%)
CIE-LAB lab(67.2969,3.4532,12.2854)
XYZ xyz(36.2178,37.0264,30.8291)
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