Tarnished Treasure Color

#b9a47e

Tarnished Treasure 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 #465b81
Complementary Color #7e93b9
Color Shade: orange (38.64° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 60.98% (better contrasting with white)
Tarnished Treasure Color Sample
Tarnished Treasure Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #b9a47e

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Tarnished Treasure Color. The Whole Wheat 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 saturated alternative called Partridge Knoll (#a9875b) for more energetic effect. Try Allegro as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#7e93b9 is the best complementary color to Tarnished Treasure. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #b9a47e complementary color is Wild Blue Yonder, 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 Mongoose are #b9867e and #b0b97e. Thus found on the left and right of #b9a47e on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Brandy Rose and Green Smoke colors as they work well with Tarnished Treasure.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Tarnished Treasure palette consists of #867eb9 and #7eb0b9 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#7e93b9). Try Lavender Purple and Neptune colors in combination with #b9a47e, 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 #b9a47e 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 Tarnished Treasure. Thus Lavender Purple and Acapulco giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Tarnished Treasure contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Wild Blue Yonder, De York, and Bouquet split by 90° on the color wheel. #b9a47e 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. Tarnished Treasure tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#7e93b9) and two others. The Acapulco is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Turkish Rose – 120° from the complementary Wild Blue Yonder. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #7eb9a4 and #b97e92.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #b9a47e is made of 39% red, 35% green and 27% blue. In a HSL mode Tarnished Treasure has a hue angle of 38.64°, a saturation of 29.65% and a lightness of 60.98%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #b9a47e is made of 0% cyan, 8.24% magenta, 23.14% yellow and 27.45% black ink.

HEX #b9a47e
RGB Decimal rgb(185,164,126)
RGB Percentage 39%, 35%, 27%
CMYK 0, 8.24, 23.14, 27.45
HSL hsl(38.64,29.65%,60.98%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(38.64,31.89%,72.55%)
CIE-LAB lab(68.2936,1.9091,22.5522)
XYZ xyz(37.0489,38.3716,25.1924)
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