Curry Sauce Color

#be9e6f

Curry Sauce is pale, 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 #416190
Complementary Color #6f8ebe
Color Shade: orange (35.7° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 59.02% (better contrasting with white)
Curry Sauce Color Sample
Curry Sauce Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #be9e6f

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Curry Sauce Color. The Balsa Stone 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 Stone Guardians (#caba97) for more calm effect. Try Rookwood Amber as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#6f8ebe is the best complementary color to Curry Sauce. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #be9e6f 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 Teak are #be766f and #b6be6f. Thus found on the left and right of #be9e6f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Contessa and Gimblet colors as they work well with Curry Sauce.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Curry Sauce palette consists of #766fbe and #6fb6be colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#6f8ebe). Try Blue Marguerite and Glacier colors in combination with #be9e6f, 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 #be9e6f 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 Curry Sauce. Thus Wisteria and Silver Tree giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Curry Sauce contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Ship Cove, Fern, and Fuchsia Pink split by 90° on the color wheel. #be9e6f 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. Curry Sauce tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#6f8ebe) and two others. The Silver Tree is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Turkish Rose – 120° from the complementary Ship Cove. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #6fbe9e and #be6f8e.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #be9e6f is made of 41% red, 34% green and 24% blue. In a HSL mode Curry Sauce has a hue angle of 35.7°, a saturation of 37.8% and a lightness of 59.02%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #be9e6f is made of 0% cyan, 12.55% magenta, 30.98% yellow and 25.49% black ink.

HEX #be9e6f
RGB Decimal rgb(190,158,111)
RGB Percentage 41%, 34%, 24%
CMYK 0, 12.55, 30.98, 25.49
HSL hsl(35.7,37.8%,59.02%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(35.7,41.58%,74.51%)
CIE-LAB lab(66.937,5.383,28.9679)
XYZ xyz(36.3313,36.5486,20.1786)
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