Fresh Sawdust Color

#c8a278

Fresh Sawdust 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 #375d87
Complementary Color #779dc8
Color Shade: orange (31.5° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 62.75% (better contrasting with white)
Fresh Sawdust Color Sample
Fresh Sawdust Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #c8a278

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Fresh Sawdust Color. The Orpington Chicken 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 soft alternative called Honey Graham (#bc886a) for more calm effect. Try Cognac Brown as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#779dc8 is the best complementary color to Fresh Sawdust. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #c8a278 complementary color is Polo 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 Laser are #c87977 and #c6c877. Thus found on the left and right of #c8a278 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Contessa and Wild Willow colors as they work well with Fresh Sawdust.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Fresh Sawdust palette consists of #7977c8 and #77c6c8 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#779dc8). Try Blue Marguerite and Half Baked colors in combination with #c8a278, 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 #c8a278 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 Fresh Sawdust. Thus Amethyst and De York giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Fresh Sawdust contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Polo Blue, De York, and Fuchsia Pink split by 90° on the color wheel. #c8a278 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. Fresh Sawdust tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#779dc8) and two others. The De York is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Puce – 120° from the complementary Polo Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #77c8a2 and #c8779e.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #c8a278 is made of 41% red, 34% green and 25% blue. In a HSL mode Fresh Sawdust has a hue angle of 31.5°, a saturation of 42.11% and a lightness of 62.75%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #c8a278 is made of 0% cyan, 14.9% magenta, 31.37% yellow and 21.57% black ink.

HEX #c8a278
RGB Decimal rgb(200,162,120)
RGB Percentage 41%, 34%, 25%
CMYK 0, 14.9, 31.37, 21.57
HSL hsl(31.5,42.11%,62.75%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(31.5,40%,78.43%)
CIE-LAB lab(69.0947,8.312,27.133)
XYZ xyz(40.1299,39.4761,23.2739)
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