Aged Papyrus Color

#ceb588

Aged Papyrus 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 #314a77
Complementary Color #88a0ce
Color Shade: orange (38.57° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 67.06% (better contrasting with white)
Aged Papyrus Color Sample
Aged Papyrus Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #ceb588

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Aged Papyrus Color. The Hanover color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Lanyard (#c09972) for more calm effect. Try Boneyard as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#88a0ce is the best complementary color to Aged Papyrus. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #ceb588 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 Tan are #ce9288 and #c3ce88. Thus found on the left and right of #ceb588 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching My Pink and Pine Glade colors as they work well with Aged Papyrus.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Aged Papyrus palette consists of #9288ce and #88c3ce colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#88a0ce). Try East Side and Half Baked colors in combination with #ceb588, 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 #ceb588 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 Aged Papyrus. Thus East Side and Vista Blue giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Aged Papyrus contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Polo Blue, De York, and Viola split by 90° on the color wheel. #ceb588 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. Aged Papyrus tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#88a0ce) and two others. The Vista Blue 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 #88ceb5 and #ce88a0.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #ceb588 is made of 39% red, 35% green and 26% blue. In a HSL mode Aged Papyrus has a hue angle of 38.57°, a saturation of 41.67% and a lightness of 67.06%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ceb588 is made of 0% cyan, 9.8% magenta, 27.45% yellow and 19.22% black ink.

HEX #ceb588
RGB Decimal rgb(206,181,136)
RGB Percentage 39%, 35%, 26%
CMYK 0, 9.8, 27.45, 19.22
HSL hsl(38.57,41.67%,67.06%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(38.57,33.98%,80.78%)
CIE-LAB lab(74.7916,2.4155,26.25)
XYZ xyz(46.4214,47.9471,30.1006)
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