Burning Gold Color

#ccaa77

Burning 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 #358
Complementary Color #7698cc
Color Shade: orange (36° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 63.33% (better contrasting with white)
Burning Gold Color Sample
Burning Gold Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #ccaa77

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Burning Gold Color. The Ginger Crisp 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 Doe (#b98e68) for more calm effect. Try Eastlake Gold as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#7698cc is the best complementary color to Burning 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 #ca7 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 White are #cc7f76 and #c3cc76. Thus found on the left and right of #ca7 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Contessa and Wild Willow colors as they work well with Burning Gold.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Burning Gold palette consists of #7f76cc and #76c3cc colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#7698cc). Try Moody Blue and Half Baked colors in combination with #ca7, 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 #ca7 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 Burning Gold. Thus Amethyst and Monte Carlo giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Burning Gold contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Polo Blue, De York, and Hopbush split by 90° on the color wheel. #ca7 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. Burning Gold tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#7698cc) and two others. The Monte Carlo is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Hopbush – 120° from the complementary Polo Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #76ccaa and #cc7698.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #ccaa77 is made of 41% red, 34% green and 24% blue. In a HSL mode Burning Gold has a hue angle of 36°, a saturation of 45.45% and a lightness of 63.33%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ccaa77 is made of 0% cyan, 13.33% magenta, 33.33% yellow and 20% black ink.

HEX #ccaa77
RGB Decimal rgb(204,170,119)
RGB Percentage 41%, 34%, 24%
CMYK 0, 13.33, 33.33, 20
HSL hsl(36,45.45%,63.33%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(36,41.67%,80%)
CIE-LAB lab(71.4998,5.5077,30.9083)
XYZ xyz(42.6063,42.9187,23.4913)
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