Gothic 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 | #447ad0 |
| Complementary Color | #2e64bb |
| Color Shade: | orange (36.86° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 45.88% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Gothic Gold Color. The Sin City 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 saturated alternative called Mustard Musketeers (#d5a129) for more energetic effect. Try Autumn Apple Yellow as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#2e64bb is the best complementary color to Gothic 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 #bb852f complementary color is Cerulean 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 Alpine are #bb3f2e and #abbb2e. Thus found on the left and right of #bb852f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Well Read and Atlantis colors as they work well with Gothic Gold.
The split-complementary Gothic Gold palette consists of #3e2ebb and #2eaabb colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#2e64bb). Try Governor Bay and Pelorous colors in combination with #bb852f, 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 #bb852f 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 Gothic Gold. Thus Purple Heart and Jungle Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Gothic Gold contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Cerulean Blue, Apple, and Medium Red Violet split by 90° on the color wheel. #bb852f 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. Gothic Gold tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#2e64bb) and two others. The Jungle Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Hibiscus – 120° from the complementary Cerulean Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #2ebb85 and #bb2e64.
In a RGB color space, hex #bb852f is made of 51% red, 36% green and 13% blue. In a HSL mode Gothic Gold has a hue angle of 36.86°, a saturation of 59.83% and a lightness of 45.88%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #bb852f is made of 0% cyan, 21.17% magenta, 54.9% yellow and 26.67% black ink.
| HEX | #bb852f |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(187,133,47) |
| RGB Percentage | 51%, 36%, 13% |
| CMYK | 0, 21.17, 54.9, 26.67 |
| HSL | hsl(36.86,59.83%,45.88%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(36.86,74.87%,73.33%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(59.4755,12.7996,52.1383) |
| XYZ | xyz(29.3941,27.5451,6.4568) |