Cut the Mustard 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 | #4580c7 |
| Complementary Color | #3872ba |
| Color Shade: | orange (32.77° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 47.45% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Cut the Mustard Color. The Yellow Shout color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Orange Ballad (#b56d41) for more calm effect. Try Desert Spice as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#3872ba is the best complementary color to Cut the Mustard. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #ba7f38 complementary color is Boston Blue, 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 Copper are #ba3e38 and #b3ba38. Thus found on the left and right of #ba7f38 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Mojo and Earls Green colors as they work well with Cut the Mustard.
The split-complementary Cut the Mustard palette consists of #3d38ba and #38b3ba colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#3872ba). Try Governor Bay and Pelorous colors in combination with #ba7f38, 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 #ba7f38 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 Cut the Mustard. Thus Purple Heart and Ocean Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Cut the Mustard contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Boston Blue, Apple, and Fuchsia Pink split by 90° on the color wheel. #ba7f38 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. Cut the Mustard tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#3872ba) and two others. The Ocean Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Hibiscus – 120° from the complementary Boston Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #38ba7f and #ba3872.
In a RGB color space, hex #ba7f38 is made of 50% red, 34% green and 15% blue. In a HSL mode Cut the Mustard has a hue angle of 32.77°, a saturation of 53.72% and a lightness of 47.45%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ba7f38 is made of 0% cyan, 23.14% magenta, 50.98% yellow and 27.06% black ink.
| HEX | #ba7f38 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(186,127,56) |
| RGB Percentage | 50%, 34%, 15% |
| CMYK | 0, 23.14, 50.98, 27.06 |
| HSL | hsl(32.77,53.72%,47.45%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(32.77,69.89%,72.94%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(57.9452,16.1388,46.4797) |
| XYZ | xyz(28.5529,25.9034,7.2363) |