Best Beige Color

#c6b49c

Best Beige 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 #394b63
Complementary Color #9cadc5
Color Shade: orange (34.29° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 69.41% (better contrasting with white)
Best Beige Color Sample
Best Beige Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #c6b49c

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Best Beige Color. The Stone Brown color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Boneyard (#bb9977) for more energetic effect. Try Chic Taupe as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#9cadc5 is the best complementary color to Best Beige. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #c6b49c complementary color is Rock Blue, 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 Rodeo Dust are #c59f9c and #c3c59c. Thus found on the left and right of #c6b49c on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Quicksand and Thistle Green colors as they work well with Best Beige.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Best Beige palette consists of #9f9cc5 and #9cc3c5 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#9cadc5). Try Logan and Shadow Green colors in combination with #c6b49c, 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 #c6b49c 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 Best Beige. Thus London Hue and Shadow Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Best Beige contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Rock Blue, Spring Rain, and Lilac split by 90° on the color wheel. #c6b49c 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. Best Beige tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#9cadc5) and two others. The Shadow Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Lily – 120° from the complementary Rock Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #9cc5b3 and #c59cad.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #c6b49c is made of 37% red, 34% green and 29% blue. In a HSL mode Best Beige has a hue angle of 34.29°, a saturation of 26.92% and a lightness of 69.41%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #c6b49c is made of 0% cyan, 7.06% magenta, 16.47% yellow and 22.35% black ink.

HEX #c6b49c
RGB Decimal rgb(198,180,156)
RGB Percentage 37%, 34%, 29%
CMYK 0, 7.06, 16.47, 22.35
HSL hsl(34.29,26.92%,69.41%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(34.29,21.21%,77.65%)
CIE-LAB lab(74.2208,2.57,14.5816)
XYZ xyz(45.6107,47.0486,38.1298)
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