Golden Spice 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 | #3968c0 |
| Complementary Color | #3e6dc6 |
| Color Shade: | orange (39.11° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 51.18% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Golden Spice Color. The Warm Woolen color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Sweet Tea (#c18244) for more calm effect. Try Ginger Beer as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#3e6dc6 is the best complementary color to Golden Spice. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #c6973f 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 #c6533e and #b1c63e. Thus found on the left and right of #c6973f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Mojo and Earls Green colors as they work well with Golden Spice.
The split-complementary Golden Spice palette consists of #533ec6 and #3eb1c6 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#3e6dc6). Try Purple Heart and Pelorous colors in combination with #c6973f, 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 #c6973f 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 Golden Spice. Thus Amethyst and Puerto Rico giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Golden Spice contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Indigo, Emerald, and Fuchsia Pink split by 90° on the color wheel. #c6973f 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. Golden Spice tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#3e6dc6) and two others. The Puerto Rico is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Hibiscus – 120° from the complementary Indigo. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #3ec697 and #c63e6e.
In a RGB color space, hex #c6973f is made of 48% red, 37% green and 15% blue. In a HSL mode Golden Spice has a hue angle of 39.11°, a saturation of 54.22% and a lightness of 51.18%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #c6973f is made of 0% cyan, 18.43% magenta, 52.94% yellow and 22.35% black ink.
| HEX | #c6973f |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(198,151,63) |
| RGB Percentage | 48%, 37%, 15% |
| CMYK | 0, 18.43, 52.94, 22.35 |
| HSL | hsl(39.11,54.22%,51.18%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(39.11,68.18%,77.65%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(65.3558,8.5704,51.5526) |
| XYZ | xyz(35.2525,34.4979,9.5034) |