Buff It Color

#d9cfbe

Buff It is pale, warm-toned shade of orange. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with blue cyan, mid magenta or green cyan

Inverse Color #263041
Complementary Color #bec8d9
Color Shade: orange (37.78° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 79.8% (better contrasting with black)
Buff It Color Sample
Buff It Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #d9cfbe

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Buff It Color. The Stonish Beige 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 Cracked Earth (#c5b1a0) for more calm effect. Try Rodeo Dust as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#bec8d9 is the best complementary color to Buff It. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #d9cfbe complementary color is Heather, 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 Sisal are #d9c1be and #d5d9be. Thus found on the left and right of #d9cfbe on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Wafer and Tana colors as they work well with Buff It.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Buff It palette consists of #c1bed9 and #bed5d9 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#bec8d9). Try Lavender Gray and Jungle Mist colors in combination with #d9cfbe, 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 #d9cfbe 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 Buff It. Thus Lavender Gray and Jet Stream giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Buff It contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Heather, Surf, and Thistle split by 90° on the color wheel. #d9cfbe 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. Buff It tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#bec8d9) and two others. The Jet Stream is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Maverick – 120° from the complementary Heather. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #bed9cf and #d9bec8.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #d9cfbe is made of 35% red, 34% green and 31% blue. In a HSL mode Buff It has a hue angle of 37.78°, a saturation of 26.21% and a lightness of 79.8%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #d9cfbe is made of 0% cyan, 3.92% magenta, 10.59% yellow and 14.9% black ink.

HEX #d9cfbe
RGB Decimal rgb(217,207,190)
RGB Percentage 35%, 34%, 31%
CMYK 0, 3.92, 10.59, 14.9
HSL hsl(37.78,26.21%,79.8%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(37.78,12.44%,85.1%)
CIE-LAB lab(83.4924,0.6008,9.6742)
XYZ xyz(60.2224,63.0951,57.7197)
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