Mellow Buff Color

#d8b998

Mellow Buff 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 #274667
Complementary Color #98b6d7
Color Shade: orange (30.94° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 72.16% (better contrasting with white)
Mellow Buff Color Sample
Mellow Buff Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #d8b998

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Mellow Buff Color. The Wax Sculpture color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Stark White (#e5d7bd) for more calm effect. Try Steamed Chai as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#98b6d7 is the best complementary color to Mellow Buff. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #d8b998 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 Cameo are #d79998 and #d6d798. Thus found on the left and right of #d8b998 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Can Can and Winter Hazel colors as they work well with Mellow Buff.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Mellow Buff palette consists of #9998d7 and #98d6d7 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#98b6d7). Try Cold Purple and Aqua Island colors in combination with #d8b998, 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 #d8b998 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 Mellow Buff. Thus Light Wisteria and Vista Blue giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Mellow Buff contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Polo Blue, Moss Green, and Light Orchid split by 90° on the color wheel. #d8b998 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. Mellow Buff tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#98b6d7) and two others. The Vista Blue is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Can Can – 120° from the complementary Polo Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #98d7b9 and #d798b6.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #d8b998 is made of 39% red, 33% green and 27% blue. In a HSL mode Mellow Buff has a hue angle of 30.94°, a saturation of 45.07% and a lightness of 72.16%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #d8b998 is made of 0% cyan, 12.16% magenta, 25.1% yellow and 15.29% black ink.

HEX #d8b998
RGB Decimal rgb(216,185,152)
RGB Percentage 39%, 33%, 27%
CMYK 0, 12.16, 25.1, 15.29
HSL hsl(30.94,45.07%,72.16%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(30.94,29.63%,84.71%)
CIE-LAB lab(77.0193,6.2437,20.8721)
XYZ xyz(51.3354,51.5639,36.9529)
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