Rye Bread Color

#cdbea1

Rye Bread 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 #32415e
Complementary Color #a1b0cd
Color Shade: orange (39.55° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 71.76% (better contrasting with white)
Rye Bread Color Sample
Rye Bread Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #cdbea1

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Rye Bread Color. The Cocoa Nib 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 saturated alternative called Real Cork (#c1a17f) for more energetic effect. Try Nankeen as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#a1b0cd is the best complementary color to Rye Bread. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #cdbea1 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 Vanilla are #cda8a1 and #c6cda1. Thus found on the left and right of #cdbea1 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Eunry and Thistle Green colors as they work well with Rye Bread.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Rye Bread palette consists of #a8a1cd and #a1c5cd colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#a1b0cd). Try Logan and Casper colors in combination with #cdbea1, 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 #cdbea1 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 Rye Bread. Thus East Side and Shadow Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Rye Bread contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Rock Blue, Spring Rain, and Lilac split by 90° on the color wheel. #cdbea1 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. Rye Bread tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#a1b0cd) and two others. The Shadow Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Careys Pink – 120° from the complementary Rock Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #a1cdbe and #cda1b0.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #cdbea1 is made of 37% red, 34% green and 29% blue. In a HSL mode Rye Bread has a hue angle of 39.55°, a saturation of 30.56% and a lightness of 71.76%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #cdbea1 is made of 0% cyan, 5.88% magenta, 17.25% yellow and 19.61% black ink.

HEX #cdbea1
RGB Decimal rgb(205,190,161)
RGB Percentage 37%, 34%, 29%
CMYK 0, 5.88, 17.25, 19.61
HSL hsl(39.55,30.56%,71.76%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(39.55,21.46%,80.39%)
CIE-LAB lab(77.5071,0.6423,16.5706)
XYZ xyz(50.0233,52.3793,41.1919)
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