Wheat Flour White Color

#ddd6ca

Wheat Flour White 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 #222935
Complementary Color #c9d0dd
Color Shade: orange (37.89° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 82.94% (better contrasting with black)
Wheat Flour White Color Sample
Wheat Flour White Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #ddd6ca

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Wheat Flour White Color. The Soft Amber 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 saturated alternative called Mushroom Cap (#d3beac) for more energetic effect. Try Distant Tan as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#c9d0dd is the best complementary color to Wheat Flour White. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #ddd6ca complementary color is Mischka, 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 Moon Mist are #ddccc9 and #daddc9. Thus found on the left and right of #ddd6ca on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Wafer and Moon Mist colors as they work well with Wheat Flour White.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Wheat Flour White palette consists of #ccc9dd and #c9dadd colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#c9d0dd). Try Blue Haze and Geyser colors in combination with #ddd6ca, 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 #ddd6ca 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 Wheat Flour White. Thus Blue Haze and Paris White giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Wheat Flour White contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Mischka, Sea Mist, and Maverick split by 90° on the color wheel. #ddd6ca 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. Wheat Flour White tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#c9d0dd) and two others. The Paris White is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Lola – 120° from the complementary Mischka. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #c9ddd5 and #ddc9d0.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #ddd6ca is made of 35% red, 34% green and 32% blue. In a HSL mode Wheat Flour White has a hue angle of 37.89°, a saturation of 21.84% and a lightness of 82.94%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ddd6ca is made of 0% cyan, 2.75% magenta, 7.45% yellow and 13.33% black ink.

HEX #ddd6ca
RGB Decimal rgb(221,214,202)
RGB Percentage 35%, 34%, 32%
CMYK 0, 2.75, 7.45, 13.33
HSL hsl(37.89,21.84%,82.94%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(37.89,8.6%,86.67%)
CIE-LAB lab(85.871,0.3433,6.7644)
XYZ xyz(64.526,67.7296,65.5493)
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