Peanut Butter 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 | #4176c0 |
| Complementary Color | #3f73be |
| Color Shade: | orange (34.96° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 49.61% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Peanut Butter Color. The Flickering Gold color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Buttered Rum (#9d702e) for more energetic effect. Try Golden Ochre as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#3f73be is the best complementary color to Peanut Butter. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #be893f complementary color is Indigo, 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 Tussock are #be493f and #b3be3f. Thus found on the left and right of #be893f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Crail and Earls Green colors as they work well with Peanut Butter.
The split-complementary Peanut Butter palette consists of #493fbe and #3fb3be colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#3f73be). Try Governor Bay and Pelorous colors in combination with #be893f, 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 #be893f 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 Peanut Butter. Thus Fuchsia Blue and Keppel giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Peanut Butter contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Indigo, Apple, and Fuchsia Pink split by 90° on the color wheel. #be893f 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. Peanut Butter tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#3f73be) and two others. The Keppel is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Blush – 120° from the complementary Indigo. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #3fbe89 and #be3f73.
In a RGB color space, hex #be893f is made of 49% red, 35% green and 16% blue. In a HSL mode Peanut Butter has a hue angle of 34.96°, a saturation of 50.2% and a lightness of 49.61%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #be893f is made of 0% cyan, 20.78% magenta, 49.8% yellow and 25.49% black ink.
| HEX | #be893f |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(190,137,63) |
| RGB Percentage | 49%, 35%, 16% |
| CMYK | 0, 20.78, 49.8, 25.49 |
| HSL | hsl(34.96,50.2%,49.61%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(34.96,66.84%,74.51%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(60.9554,12.7581,46.5385) |
| XYZ | xyz(31.0781,29.1974,8.7003) |