Oat Cake Color

#e1cab3

Oat Cake is pale, warm-toned shade of warm red. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with blue cyan, cool magenta or cool green

Inverse Color #1e354c
Complementary Color #b3c9e1
Color Shade: warm red (30° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 79.22% (better contrasting with black)
Oat Cake Color Sample
Oat Cake Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #e1cab3

If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Oat Cake Color. The Parchment Paper color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid red bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Reduced Sand (#eee5da) for more calm effect. Try Trek Tan as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#b3c9e1 is the best complementary color to Oat Cake. Blue cyan shades generally complement the warm red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #e1cab3 complementary color is Periwinkle Gray, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid red, warm red, and warm yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Grain Brown are #e1b3b3 and #e1e1b3. Thus found on the left and right of #e1cab3 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Cavern Pink and Beryl Green colors as they work well with Oat Cake.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Oat Cake palette consists of #b3b3e1 and #b3e1e1 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#b3c9e1). Try Cold Purple and Jagged Ice colors in combination with #e1cab3, 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 #e1cab3 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 Oat Cake. Thus Prelude and Fringy Flower giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Oat Cake contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Periwinkle Gray, Moss Green, and Melanie split by 90° on the color wheel. #e1cab3 square combo is a palette of warm red, warm green, blue 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. Oat Cake tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#b3c9e1) and two others. The Fringy Flower 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 #b3e1ca and #e1b3ca.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #e1cab3 is made of 37% red, 33% green and 30% blue. In a HSL mode Oat Cake has a hue angle of 30°, a saturation of 43.4% and a lightness of 79.22%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #e1cab3 is made of 0% cyan, 9.02% magenta, 18.04% yellow and 11.76% black ink.

HEX #e1cab3
RGB Decimal rgb(225,202,179)
RGB Percentage 37%, 33%, 30%
CMYK 0, 9.02, 18.04, 11.76
HSL hsl(30,43.4%,79.22%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(30,20.44%,88.24%)
CIE-LAB lab(82.6486,4.4427,14.4166)
XYZ xyz(60.3086,61.5033,51.3405)
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