Karak Stone Color

#bb9662

Karak Stone 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 #44699d
Complementary Color #6286bb
Color Shade: orange (35.06° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 55.88% (better contrasting with white)
Karak Stone Color Sample
Karak Stone Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #bb9662

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Karak Stone Color. The Summer Hill color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Owl Manner Malt (#c0af87) for more calm effect. Try French Beige as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#6286bb is the best complementary color to Karak Stone. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #bb9662 complementary color is Ship Cove, 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 Muddy Waters are #bb6962 and #b3bb62. Thus found on the left and right of #bb9662 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Contessa and Olive Green colors as they work well with Karak Stone.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Karak Stone palette consists of #6962bb and #62b3bb colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#6286bb). Try Blue Violet and Fountain Blue colors in combination with #bb9662, 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 #bb9662 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 Karak Stone. Thus Wisteria and Silver Tree giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Karak Stone contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Ship Cove, Fern, and Fuchsia Pink split by 90° on the color wheel. #bb9662 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. Karak Stone tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#6286bb) and two others. The Silver Tree is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Tapestry – 120° from the complementary Ship Cove. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #62bb96 and #bb6286.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #bb9662 is made of 43% red, 34% green and 23% blue. In a HSL mode Karak Stone has a hue angle of 35.06°, a saturation of 39.56% and a lightness of 55.88%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #bb9662 is made of 0% cyan, 14.51% magenta, 34.9% yellow and 26.67% black ink.

HEX #bb9662
RGB Decimal rgb(187,150,98)
RGB Percentage 43%, 34%, 23%
CMYK 0, 14.51, 34.9, 26.67
HSL hsl(35.06,39.56%,55.88%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(35.06,47.59%,73.33%)
CIE-LAB lab(64.3703,7.1305,32.5834)
XYZ xyz(33.6045,33.2593,16.2038)
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