Fire Dust Color

#b98d68

Fire Dust is pale, warm-toned shade of warm red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool cyan, cool magenta or cool green

Inverse Color #467297
Complementary Color #6893b9
Color Shade: warm red (27.41° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 56.67% (better contrasting with white)
Fire Dust Color Sample
Fire Dust Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #b98d68

If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Fire Dust Color. The Burning Gold color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid red bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Basket Beige (#c0a98b) for more calm effect. Try 3am Latte as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#6893b9 is the best complementary color to Fire Dust. Cool cyan shades generally complement the warm red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #b98d68 complementary color is Ship Cove, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool red, warm red, and warm yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Muddy Waters are #b9686b and #b9b568. Thus found on the left and right of #b98d68 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Turkish Rose and Gimblet colors as they work well with Fire Dust.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Fire Dust palette consists of #686bb9 and #68b9b5 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#6893b9). Try Blue Violet and Tradewind colors in combination with #b98d68, 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 #b98d68 offers a combination of warm blue and cool green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Fire Dust. Thus Wisteria and Silver Tree giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Fire Dust contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Ship Cove, Fern, and Wisteria split by 90° on the color wheel. #b98d68 square combo is a palette of warm red, warm green, cool cyan and cool 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. Fire Dust tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#6893b9) and two others. The Silver Tree is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Tapestry – 120° from the complementary Ship Cove. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #68b98d and #b96893.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #b98d68 is made of 43% red, 33% green and 24% blue. In a HSL mode Fire Dust has a hue angle of 27.41°, a saturation of 36.65% and a lightness of 56.67%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #b98d68 is made of 0% cyan, 17.26% magenta, 31.77% yellow and 27.45% black ink.

HEX #b98d68
RGB Decimal rgb(185,141,104)
RGB Percentage 43%, 33%, 24%
CMYK 0, 17.26, 31.77, 27.45
HSL hsl(27.41,36.65%,56.67%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(27.41,43.78%,72.55%)
CIE-LAB lab(61.9666,11.8853,26.1653)
XYZ xyz(32.0312,30.3635,17.2692)
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