Pirate Gold is soft, 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 | #4587d5 |
| Complementary Color | #296bba |
| Color Shade: | orange (32.5° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 44.71% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Pirate Gold Color. The June Bugs color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Mulberry Brown (#956f29) for more calm effect. Try Cathay Spice as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#296bba is the best complementary color to Pirate Gold. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #ba782a complementary color is Mariner, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of mid red, orange, and mid yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Marigold are #ba2f29 and #b4ba29. Thus found on the left and right of #ba782a on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Tall Poppy and Lemon Ginger colors as they work well with Pirate Gold.
The split-complementary Pirate Gold palette consists of #2f29ba and #29b4ba colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#296bba). Try Governor Bay and Java colors in combination with #ba782a, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.
The triadic palette of #ba782a 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 Pirate Gold. Thus Purple Heart and Jungle Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Pirate Gold contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Mariner, Forest Green, and Medium Red Violet split by 90° on the color wheel. #ba782a square combo is a palette of orange, mid green, blue cyan and mid magenta shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Pirate Gold tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#296bba) and two others. The Jungle Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Hibiscus – 120° from the complementary Mariner. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #29ba78 and #ba296b.
In a RGB color space, hex #ba782a is made of 53% red, 34% green and 12% blue. In a HSL mode Pirate Gold has a hue angle of 32.5°, a saturation of 63.16% and a lightness of 44.71%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ba782a is made of 0% cyan, 25.88% magenta, 56.47% yellow and 27.06% black ink.
| HEX | #ba782a |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(186,120,42) |
| RGB Percentage | 53%, 34%, 12% |
| CMYK | 0, 25.88, 56.47, 27.06 |
| HSL | hsl(32.5,63.16%,44.71%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(32.5,77.42%,72.94%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(56.127,19.3428,50.934) |
| XYZ | xyz(27.3841,24.0392,5.3872) |