Gilded Pear Color

#c09e6c

Gilded Pear 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 #3f6193
Complementary Color #6c8ec0
Color Shade: orange (35.71° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 58.82% (better contrasting with white)
Gilded Pear Color Sample
Gilded Pear Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #c09e6c

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Gilded Pear Color. The Mulling Spice color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Butter Rum (#c38650) for more energetic effect. Try Balsa Stone as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#6c8ec0 is the best complementary color to Gilded Pear. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #c09e6c 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 Twine are #c0746c and #b8c06c. Thus found on the left and right of #c09e6c on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Contessa and Wild Willow colors as they work well with Gilded Pear.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Gilded Pear palette consists of #736cc0 and #6cb7c0 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#6c8ec0). Try Blue Marguerite and Glacier colors in combination with #c09e6c, 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 #c09e6c 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 Gilded Pear. Thus Wisteria and Silver Tree giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Gilded Pear contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Ship Cove, Fern, and Fuchsia Pink split by 90° on the color wheel. #c09e6c 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. Gilded Pear tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#6c8ec0) 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 #6cc09e and #c06c8d.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #c09e6c is made of 42% red, 34% green and 24% blue. In a HSL mode Gilded Pear has a hue angle of 35.71°, a saturation of 40% and a lightness of 58.82%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #c09e6c is made of 0% cyan, 13.33% magenta, 32.94% yellow and 24.71% black ink.

HEX #c09e6c
RGB Decimal rgb(192,158,108)
RGB Percentage 42%, 34%, 24%
CMYK 0, 13.33, 32.94, 24.71
HSL hsl(35.71,40%,58.82%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(35.71,43.75%,75.29%)
CIE-LAB lab(67.0837,5.8808,30.8101)
XYZ xyz(36.6719,36.7429,19.3466)
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