Packing Paper Color

#ba9b5d

Packing Paper is calm, 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 #4564a2
Complementary Color #5c7bba
Color Shade: orange (40° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 54.71% (better contrasting with white)
Packing Paper Color Sample
Packing Paper Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #ba9b5d

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Packing Paper Color. The Tiffany Amber 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 24 Karat (#ab7f46) for more energetic effect. Try Heart of Gold as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#5c7bba is the best complementary color to Packing Paper. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #ba9b5d complementary color is Steel Blue, 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 Husk are #ba6c5c and #aaba5c. Thus found on the left and right of #ba9b5d on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Santa Fe and Olive Green colors as they work well with Packing Paper.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Packing Paper palette consists of #6c5cba and #5caaba colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#5c7bba). Try Blue Violet and Fountain Blue colors in combination with #ba9b5d, 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 #ba9b5d 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 Packing Paper. Thus Wisteria and Silver Tree giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Packing Paper contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Steel Blue, Fern, and Fuchsia Pink split by 90° on the color wheel. #ba9b5d 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. Packing Paper tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#5c7bba) and two others. The Silver Tree is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Tapestry – 120° from the complementary Steel Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #5cba9b and #ba5c7b.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #ba9b5d is made of 43% red, 36% green and 21% blue. In a HSL mode Packing Paper has a hue angle of 40°, a saturation of 40.26% and a lightness of 54.71%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ba9b5d is made of 0% cyan, 12.16% magenta, 36.47% yellow and 27.06% black ink.

HEX #ba9b5d
RGB Decimal rgb(186,155,93)
RGB Percentage 43%, 36%, 21%
CMYK 0, 12.16, 36.47, 27.06
HSL hsl(40,40.26%,54.71%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(40,50%,72.94%)
CIE-LAB lab(65.4926,3.4899,36.6194)
XYZ xyz(33.9468,34.6721,15.2591)
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