Fish Bone Color

#e4d9c5

Fish Bone 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 #1b263a
Complementary Color #c5d0e3
Color Shade: orange (38.71° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 83.33% (better contrasting with black)
Fish Bone Color Sample
Fish Bone Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #e4d9c5

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Fish Bone Color. The Chinchilla Chenille 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 Candle Light (#ddc1a6) for more energetic effect. Try Nutty Beige as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#c5d0e3 is the best complementary color to Fish Bone. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #e4d9c5 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 #e3c9c5 and #dfe3c5. Thus found on the left and right of #e4d9c5 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Dust Storm and Beryl Green colors as they work well with Fish Bone.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Fish Bone palette consists of #c9c5e3 and #c5dfe3 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#c5d0e3). Try Prelude and Botticelli colors in combination with #e4d9c5, 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 #e4d9c5 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 Fish Bone. Thus Prelude and Skeptic giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Fish Bone contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Periwinkle Gray, Surf Crest, and Melanie split by 90° on the color wheel. #e4d9c5 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. Fish Bone tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#c5d0e3) and two others. The Skeptic is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Pink Flare – 120° from the complementary Periwinkle Gray. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #c5e3d9 and #e3c5d0.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #e4d9c5 is made of 36% red, 34% green and 31% blue. In a HSL mode Fish Bone has a hue angle of 38.71°, a saturation of 36.47% and a lightness of 83.33%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #e4d9c5 is made of 0% cyan, 4.31% magenta, 12.16% yellow and 10.59% black ink.

HEX #e4d9c5
RGB Decimal rgb(228,217,197)
RGB Percentage 36%, 34%, 31%
CMYK 0, 4.31, 12.16, 10.59
HSL hsl(38.71,36.47%,83.33%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(38.71,13.6%,89.41%)
CIE-LAB lab(87.0708,0.4648,11.1938)
XYZ xyz(66.8858,70.1509,62.8385)
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