Nugget Gold 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 | #3768df |
| Complementary Color | #2050c8 |
| Color Shade: | orange (42.5° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 45.49% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Nugget Gold Color. The Soft Pumpkin 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 Brandy Punch (#cd8429) for more calm effect. Try Opulent as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#2050c8 is the best complementary color to Nugget 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 #c89720 complementary color is Persian Blue, 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 Nugget are #c84320 and #a4c820. Thus found on the left and right of #c89720 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Orange Roughy and Key Lime Pie colors as they work well with Nugget Gold.
The split-complementary Nugget Gold palette consists of #4220c8 and #20a4c8 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#2050c8). Try Purple Heart and Curious Blue colors in combination with #c89720, 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 #c89720 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 Nugget Gold. Thus Purple Heart and Mountain Meadow giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Nugget Gold contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Persian Blue, Malachite, and Red Violet split by 90° on the color wheel. #c89720 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. Nugget Gold tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#2050c8) and two others. The Mountain Meadow is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Maroon Flush – 120° from the complementary Persian Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #20c897 and #c82050.
In a RGB color space, hex #c89720 is made of 52% red, 39% green and 8% blue. In a HSL mode Nugget Gold has a hue angle of 42.5°, a saturation of 72.41% and a lightness of 45.49%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #c89720 is made of 0% cyan, 19.21% magenta, 65.88% yellow and 21.57% black ink.
| HEX | #c89720 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(200,151,32) |
| RGB Percentage | 52%, 39%, 8% |
| CMYK | 0, 19.21, 65.88, 21.57 |
| HSL | hsl(42.5,72.41%,45.49%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(42.5,84%,78.43%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(65.3708,8.1464,63.448) |
| XYZ | xyz(35.1467,34.5169,6.1765) |