Crispy Chicken Skin Color

#ddaa44

Crispy Chicken Skin 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 #25b
Complementary Color #4476dc
Color Shade: orange (40° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 56.67% (better contrasting with white)
Crispy Chicken Skin Color Sample
Crispy Chicken Skin Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #ddaa44

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Crispy Chicken Skin Color. The Finger Banana color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called California Dreaming (#dec569) for more calm effect. Try Turmeric Tea as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#4476dc is the best complementary color to Crispy Chicken Skin. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #da4 complementary color is Royal 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 White are #dc5d44 and #c3dc44. Thus found on the left and right of #da4 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Red Damask and Conifer colors as they work well with Crispy Chicken Skin.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Crispy Chicken Skin palette consists of #5d44dc and #44c3dc colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#4476dc). Try Royal Blue and Scooter colors in combination with #da4, 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 #da4 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 Crispy Chicken Skin. Thus Medium Purple and Turquoise giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Crispy Chicken Skin contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Royal Blue, Emerald, and Orchid split by 90° on the color wheel. #da4 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. Crispy Chicken Skin tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#4476dc) and two others. The Turquoise is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Cabaret – 120° from the complementary Royal Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #44dcaa and #dc4476.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #ddaa44 is made of 48% red, 37% green and 15% blue. In a HSL mode Crispy Chicken Skin has a hue angle of 40°, a saturation of 69.23% and a lightness of 56.67%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ddaa44 is made of 0% cyan, 20% magenta, 60% yellow and 13.33% black ink.

HEX #ddaa44
RGB Decimal rgb(221,170,68)
RGB Percentage 48%, 37%, 15%
CMYK 0, 20, 60, 13.33
HSL hsl(40,69.23%,56.67%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(40,69.23%,86.67%)
CIE-LAB lab(72.5873,8.5388,57.7034)
XYZ xyz(45.2369,44.539,11.6815)
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