New Wheat Color

#d7b57f

New Wheat 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 #284a80
Complementary Color #7fa1d7
Color Shade: orange (36.82° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 67.06% (better contrasting with white)
New Wheat Color Sample
New Wheat Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #d7b57f

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to New Wheat Color. The Prayer Flag 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 Chimera Brown (#c89b75) for more calm effect. Try Gratin Dauphinois as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#7fa1d7 is the best complementary color to New Wheat. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #d7b57f complementary color is Chetwode 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 Straw are #d7897f and #cdd77f. Thus found on the left and right of #d7b57f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching New York Pink and Deco colors as they work well with New Wheat.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary New Wheat palette consists of #887fd7 and #7fcdd7 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#7fa1d7). Try Chetwode Blue and Bermuda colors in combination with #d7b57f, 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 #d7b57f 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 New Wheat. Thus Lavender and Bermuda giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of New Wheat contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Chetwode Blue, Pastel Green, and Orchid split by 90° on the color wheel. #d7b57f 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. New Wheat tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#7fa1d7) and two others. The Bermuda is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Charm – 120° from the complementary Chetwode Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #7fd7b5 and #d77fa1.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #d7b57f is made of 41% red, 35% green and 24% blue. In a HSL mode New Wheat has a hue angle of 36.82°, a saturation of 52.38% and a lightness of 67.06%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #d7b57f is made of 0% cyan, 13.33% magenta, 34.51% yellow and 15.69% black ink.

HEX #d7b57f
RGB Decimal rgb(215,181,127)
RGB Percentage 41%, 35%, 24%
CMYK 0, 13.33, 34.51, 15.69
HSL hsl(36.82,52.38%,67.06%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(36.82,40.93%,84.31%)
CIE-LAB lab(75.4682,4.9579,32.0656)
XYZ xyz(48.379,49.0271,26.992)
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