Empire Gold Color

#c19f6e

Empire Gold 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 #3e6091
Complementary Color #6e90c1
Color Shade: orange (35.42° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 59.41% (better contrasting with white)
Empire Gold Color Sample
Empire Gold Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #c19f6e

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Empire Gold Color. The Straw 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 soft alternative called Stone Guardians (#caba97) for more calm effect. Try Circus Peanut as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#6e90c1 is the best complementary color to Empire 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 #c19f6e 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 #c1756e and #b9c16e. Thus found on the left and right of #c19f6e on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Contessa and Wild Willow colors as they work well with Empire Gold.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Empire Gold palette consists of #756ec1 and #6eb9c1 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#6e90c1). Try Blue Marguerite and Glacier colors in combination with #c19f6e, 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 #c19f6e 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 Empire Gold. Thus Wisteria and Silver Tree giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Empire Gold contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Ship Cove, Fern, and Fuchsia Pink split by 90° on the color wheel. #c19f6e 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. Empire Gold tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#6e90c1) 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 #6ec19f and #c16e8f.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #c19f6e is made of 42% red, 34% green and 24% blue. In a HSL mode Empire Gold has a hue angle of 35.42°, a saturation of 40.1% and a lightness of 59.41%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #c19f6e is made of 0% cyan, 13.34% magenta, 32.55% yellow and 24.31% black ink.

HEX #c19f6e
RGB Decimal rgb(193,159,110)
RGB Percentage 42%, 34%, 24%
CMYK 0, 13.34, 32.55, 24.31
HSL hsl(35.42,40.1%,59.41%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(35.42,43.01%,75.69%)
CIE-LAB lab(67.4713,5.9654,30.2593)
XYZ xyz(37.2049,37.2595,19.9827)
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