Grey Sand Color

#e5ccaf

Grey Sand 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 #1a3350
Complementary Color #afc8e4
Color Shade: orange (32.22° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 79.22% (better contrasting with black)
Grey Sand Color Sample
Grey Sand Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #e5ccaf

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Grey Sand Color. The Starfox 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 Merlin's Beard (#efe2d9) for more calm effect. Try Platinum Blonde as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#afc8e4 is the best complementary color to Grey Sand. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #e5ccaf complementary color is Spindle, 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 Hampton are #e4b1af and #e2e4af. Thus found on the left and right of #e5ccaf on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Rose Fog and Hampton colors as they work well with Grey Sand.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Grey Sand palette consists of #b1afe4 and #afe2e4 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#afc8e4). Try Cold Purple and Powder Blue colors in combination with #e5ccaf, 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 #e5ccaf 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 Grey Sand. Thus Light Wisteria and Padua giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Grey Sand contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Spindle, Celadon, and Light Orchid split by 90° on the color wheel. #e5ccaf 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. Grey Sand tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#afc8e4) and two others. The Padua is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Light Orchid – 120° from the complementary Spindle. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #afe4cc and #e4afc8.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #e5ccaf is made of 38% red, 34% green and 29% blue. In a HSL mode Grey Sand has a hue angle of 32.22°, a saturation of 50.94% and a lightness of 79.22%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #e5ccaf is made of 0% cyan, 9.8% magenta, 21.17% yellow and 10.2% black ink.

HEX #e5ccaf
RGB Decimal rgb(229,204,175)
RGB Percentage 38%, 34%, 29%
CMYK 0, 9.8, 21.17, 10.2
HSL hsl(32.22,50.94%,79.22%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(32.22,23.58%,89.8%)
CIE-LAB lab(83.4102,4.3075,17.6574)
XYZ xyz(61.6438,62.9389,49.4569)
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