Pale Palomino Color

#e5dbca

Pale Palomino 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 #1a2435
Complementary Color #c9d3e5
Color Shade: orange (37.78° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 84.51% (better contrasting with black)
Pale Palomino Color Sample
Pale Palomino Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #e5dbca

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Pale Palomino Color. The Riviera Retreat color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Ivory Cream (#dac0a7) for more energetic effect. Try Ash Blonde as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#c9d3e5 is the best complementary color to Pale Palomino. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #e5dbca 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 Pearl Bush are #e5cdc9 and #e1e5c9. Thus found on the left and right of #e5dbca on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Dust Storm and Kidnapper colors as they work well with Pale Palomino.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Pale Palomino palette consists of #cdc9e5 and #c9e1e5 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#c9d3e5). Try Prelude and Botticelli colors in combination with #e5dbca, 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 #e5dbca 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 Pale Palomino. Thus Snuff and Skeptic giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Pale Palomino contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Periwinkle Gray, Surf Crest, and Melanie split by 90° on the color wheel. #e5dbca 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. Pale Palomino tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#c9d3e5) 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 #c9e5db and #e5c9d4.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #e5dbca is made of 35% red, 34% green and 31% blue. In a HSL mode Pale Palomino has a hue angle of 37.78°, a saturation of 34.18% and a lightness of 84.51%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #e5dbca is made of 0% cyan, 3.92% magenta, 10.58% yellow and 10.2% black ink.

HEX #e5dbca
RGB Decimal rgb(229,219,202)
RGB Percentage 35%, 34%, 31%
CMYK 0, 3.92, 10.58, 10.2
HSL hsl(37.78,34.18%,84.51%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(37.78,11.79%,89.8%)
CIE-LAB lab(87.7686,0.5812,9.5693)
XYZ xyz(68.3053,71.5853,66.0944)
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