Reclaimed Wood Color

#bab6ab

Reclaimed Wood is pale, warm-toned shade of orange. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool blue, warm magenta or green cyan

Inverse Color #454954
Complementary Color #abaeba
Color Shade: orange (44° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 70% (better contrasting with white)
Reclaimed Wood Color Sample
Reclaimed Wood Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #bab6ab

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Reclaimed Wood Color. The River Pebble 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 soft alternative called Mountain Mist (#a09f9c) for more calm effect. Try Casual Grey as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#abaeba is the best complementary color to Reclaimed Wood. Cool blue shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #bab6ab complementary color is Aluminium, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid red, orange, and cool yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Tide are #baaeab and #b6baab. Thus found on the left and right of #bab6ab on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Silk and Eagle colors as they work well with Reclaimed Wood.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Reclaimed Wood palette consists of #aeabba and #abb6ba colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#abaeba). Try Spun Pearl and Hit Gray colors in combination with #bab6ab, 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 #bab6ab 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 Reclaimed Wood. Thus Chatelle and Edward giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Reclaimed Wood contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Aluminium, Edward, and Pink Swan split by 90° on the color wheel. #bab6ab square combo is a palette of orange, mid green, cool blue and warm 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. Reclaimed Wood tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#abaeba) and two others. The Edward is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Pink Swan – 120° from the complementary Aluminium. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #abbab6 and #baabae.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #bab6ab is made of 35% red, 34% green and 32% blue. In a HSL mode Reclaimed Wood has a hue angle of 44°, a saturation of 9.8% and a lightness of 70%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #bab6ab is made of 0% cyan, 1.57% magenta, 5.88% yellow and 27.06% black ink.

HEX #bab6ab
RGB Decimal rgb(186,182,171)
RGB Percentage 35%, 34%, 32%
CMYK 0, 1.57, 5.88, 27.06
HSL hsl(44,9.8%,70%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(44,8.06%,72.94%)
CIE-LAB lab(74.0843,-0.545,6.0871)
XYZ xyz(44.3283,46.8353,45.2318)
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