Pita Bread Color

#dec8a6

Pita Bread 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 #213759
Complementary Color #a5bbde
Color Shade: orange (36.43° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 76.08% (better contrasting with black)
Pita Bread Color Sample
Pita Bread Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #dec8a6

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Pita Bread Color. The Orange White 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 Shearling (#e8e1ce) for more calm effect. Try New Colonial Yellow as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#a5bbde is the best complementary color to Pita Bread. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #dec8a6 complementary color is Pigeon Post, 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 Sapling are #deaba5 and #d8dea5. Thus found on the left and right of #dec8a6 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Cameo and Sapling colors as they work well with Pita Bread.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Pita Bread palette consists of #aba5de and #a5d8de colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#a5bbde). Try Cold Purple and Aqua Island colors in combination with #dec8a6, 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 #dec8a6 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 Pita Bread. Thus Light Wisteria and Fringy Flower giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Pita Bread contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Pigeon Post, Celadon, and Light Orchid split by 90° on the color wheel. #dec8a6 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. Pita Bread tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#a5bbde) and two others. The Fringy Flower is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Can Can – 120° from the complementary Pigeon Post. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #a5dec7 and #dea5bb.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #dec8a6 is made of 38% red, 34% green and 28% blue. In a HSL mode Pita Bread has a hue angle of 36.43°, a saturation of 45.9% and a lightness of 76.08%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #dec8a6 is made of 0% cyan, 8.63% magenta, 21.96% yellow and 12.94% black ink.

HEX #dec8a6
RGB Decimal rgb(222,200,166)
RGB Percentage 38%, 34%, 28%
CMYK 0, 8.63, 21.96, 12.94
HSL hsl(36.43,45.9%,76.08%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(36.43,25.23%,87.06%)
CIE-LAB lab(81.6155,2.5148,19.8372)
XYZ xyz(57.6614,59.5913,44.5396)
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