Clarified Butter Color

#e69c23

Clarified Butter is soft, warm-toned shade of orange. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with blue cyan, mid magenta or green cyan

Inverse Color #1963dc
Complementary Color #236de5
Color Shade: orange (37.23° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 51.96% (better contrasting with white)
Clarified Butter Color Sample
Clarified Butter Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #e69c23

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Clarified Butter Color. The Goblin Eyes color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Meteor (#d07d12) for more energetic effect. Try Yamabukicha Gold as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#236de5 is the best complementary color to Clarified Butter. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #e69c23 complementary color is Royal Blue, 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 Fire Bush are #e53a23 and #cee523. Thus found on the left and right of #e69c23 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Cinnabar and Pear colors as they work well with Clarified Butter.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Clarified Butter palette consists of #3a23e5 and #23cee5 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#236de5). Try Persian Blue and Java colors in combination with #e69c23, 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 #e69c23 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 Clarified Butter. Thus Electric Violet and Java giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Clarified Butter contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Royal Blue, Malachite, and Shocking Pink split by 90° on the color wheel. #e69c23 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. Clarified Butter tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#236de5) and two others. The Java is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Cerise Red – 120° from the complementary Royal Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #23e59c and #e5236c.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #e69c23 is made of 55% red, 37% green and 8% blue. In a HSL mode Clarified Butter has a hue angle of 37.23°, a saturation of 79.59% and a lightness of 51.96%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #e69c23 is made of 0% cyan, 29.02% magenta, 76.47% yellow and 9.8% black ink.

HEX #e69c23
RGB Decimal rgb(230,156,35)
RGB Percentage 55%, 37%, 8%
CMYK 0, 29.02, 76.47, 9.8
HSL hsl(37.23,79.59%,51.96%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(37.23,84.78%,90.2%)
CIE-LAB lab(69.9802,18.5876,67.7887)
XYZ xyz(44.825,40.7213,7.0876)
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