Plantain Chips Color

#d6a550

Plantain Chips 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 #295aaf
Complementary Color #4f80d6
Color Shade: orange (38.06° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 57.65% (better contrasting with white)
Plantain Chips Color Sample
Plantain Chips Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #d6a550

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Plantain Chips Color. The Bollywood 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 Cognac (#d48c46) for more energetic effect. Try Apricot Chicken as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#4f80d6 is the best complementary color to Plantain Chips. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #d6a550 complementary color is Havelock 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 Di Serria are #d6614f and #c4d64f. Thus found on the left and right of #d6a550 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Red Damask and Wattle colors as they work well with Plantain Chips.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Plantain Chips palette consists of #614fd6 and #4fc3d6 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#4f80d6). Try Purple Heart and Shakespeare colors in combination with #d6a550, 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 #d6a550 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 Plantain Chips. Thus Medium Purple and Shamrock giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Plantain Chips contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Havelock Blue, Emerald, and Orchid split by 90° on the color wheel. #d6a550 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. Plantain Chips tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#4f80d6) and two others. The Shamrock is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Cranberry – 120° from the complementary Havelock Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #4fd6a5 and #d64f80.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #d6a550 is made of 47% red, 36% green and 17% blue. In a HSL mode Plantain Chips has a hue angle of 38.06°, a saturation of 62.04% and a lightness of 57.65%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #d6a550 is made of 0% cyan, 19.21% magenta, 52.55% yellow and 16.08% black ink.

HEX #d6a550
RGB Decimal rgb(214,165,80)
RGB Percentage 47%, 36%, 17%
CMYK 0, 19.21, 52.55, 16.08
HSL hsl(38.06,62.04%,57.65%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(38.06,62.62%,83.92%)
CIE-LAB lab(70.7228,8.9413,50.0209)
XYZ xyz(42.6347,41.7856,13.4078)
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