Soft Doeskin Color

#e0cfb9

Soft Doeskin 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 #1f3046
Complementary Color #b8c9e0
Color Shade: orange (33.85° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 80.2% (better contrasting with black)
Soft Doeskin Color Sample
Soft Doeskin Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #e0cfb9

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Soft Doeskin Color. The Soba color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Kraft Paper (#d5b59c) for more energetic effect. Try Entrada Sandstone as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#b8c9e0 is the best complementary color to Soft Doeskin. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #e0cfb9 complementary color is Periwinkle Gray, 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 Bone are #e0bbb8 and #dde0b8. Thus found on the left and right of #e0cfb9 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Cavern Pink and Beryl Green colors as they work well with Soft Doeskin.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Soft Doeskin palette consists of #bbb8e0 and #b8dde0 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#b8c9e0). Try Prelude and Ziggurat colors in combination with #e0cfb9, 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 #e0cfb9 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 Soft Doeskin. Thus Prelude and Skeptic giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Soft Doeskin contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Periwinkle Gray, Moss Green, and Melanie split by 90° on the color wheel. #e0cfb9 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. Soft Doeskin tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#b8c9e0) and two others. The Skeptic is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Melanie – 120° from the complementary Periwinkle Gray. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #b8e0cf and #e0b8c9.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #e0cfb9 is made of 36% red, 34% green and 30% blue. In a HSL mode Soft Doeskin has a hue angle of 33.85°, a saturation of 38.61% and a lightness of 80.2%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #e0cfb9 is made of 0% cyan, 6.66% magenta, 15.29% yellow and 12.16% black ink.

HEX #e0cfb9
RGB Decimal rgb(224,207,185)
RGB Percentage 36%, 34%, 30%
CMYK 0, 6.66, 15.29, 12.16
HSL hsl(33.85,38.61%,80.2%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(33.85,17.41%,87.84%)
CIE-LAB lab(83.9531,2.3565,13.0618)
XYZ xyz(61.8102,63.9757,54.9897)
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