Gold Earth Color

#dd9c6b

Gold Earth is calm, warm-toned shade of warm red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool cyan, cool magenta or cool green

Inverse Color #226394
Complementary Color #6babdd
Color Shade: warm red (25.79° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 64.31% (better contrasting with white)
Gold Earth Color Sample
Gold Earth Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #dd9c6b

If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Gold Earth Color. The Honey Nougat color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid red bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Coral Gold (#d27d56) for more calm effect. Try Apricot Brown as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#6babdd is the best complementary color to Gold Earth. Cool cyan shades generally complement the warm red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #dd9c6b complementary color is Viking, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool red, warm red, and warm yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Di Serria are #dd6b73 and #ddd56b. Thus found on the left and right of #dd9c6b on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Sunglo and Chenin colors as they work well with Gold Earth.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Gold Earth palette consists of #6b73dd and #6bddd5 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#6babdd). Try True V and Aquamarine Blue colors in combination with #dd9c6b, 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 #dd9c6b offers a combination of warm blue and cool green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Gold Earth. Thus Medium Purple and Pastel Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Gold Earth contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Viking, Pastel Green, and Lavender split by 90° on the color wheel. #dd9c6b square combo is a palette of warm red, warm green, cool cyan and cool 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. Gold Earth tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#6babdd) and two others. The Pastel Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Deep Blush – 120° from the complementary Viking. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #6bdd9c and #dd6bab.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #dd9c6b is made of 46% red, 32% green and 22% blue. In a HSL mode Gold Earth has a hue angle of 25.79°, a saturation of 62.64% and a lightness of 64.31%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #dd9c6b is made of 0% cyan, 25.49% magenta, 44.71% yellow and 13.33% black ink.

HEX #dd9c6b
RGB Decimal rgb(221,156,107)
RGB Percentage 46%, 32%, 22%
CMYK 0, 25.49, 44.71, 13.33
HSL hsl(25.79,62.64%,64.31%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(25.79,51.58%,86.67%)
CIE-LAB lab(69.6193,18.7962,35.2077)
XYZ xyz(44.3611,40.2106,19.3333)
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