Gold Plate Color

#e6bd8f

Gold Plate is pale, 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 #194270
Complementary Color #8fb8e5
Color Shade: orange (31.72° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 73.14% (better contrasting with white)
Gold Plate Color Sample
Gold Plate Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #e6bd8f

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Gold Plate Color. The Limitless 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 soft alternative called Gold Earth (#dd9c6b) for more calm effect. Try Cinnamon Milk as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#8fb8e5 is the best complementary color to Gold Plate. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #e6bd8f complementary color is Cornflower, 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 Gold Sand are #e5918f and #e3e58f. Thus found on the left and right of #e6bd8f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Tonys Pink and Zombie colors as they work well with Gold Plate.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Gold Plate palette consists of #918fe5 and #8fe3e5 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#8fb8e5). Try Dull Lavender and Riptide colors in combination with #e6bd8f, 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 #e6bd8f 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 Gold Plate. Thus Dull Lavender and Algae Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Gold Plate contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Cornflower, Granny Smith Apple, and Light Orchid split by 90° on the color wheel. #e6bd8f 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. Gold Plate tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#8fb8e5) and two others. The Algae Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Shocking – 120° from the complementary Cornflower. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #8fe5bd and #e58fb7.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #e6bd8f is made of 41% red, 34% green and 25% blue. In a HSL mode Gold Plate has a hue angle of 31.72°, a saturation of 63.5% and a lightness of 73.14%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #e6bd8f is made of 0% cyan, 16.08% magenta, 34.12% yellow and 9.8% black ink.

HEX #e6bd8f
RGB Decimal rgb(230,189,143)
RGB Percentage 41%, 34%, 25%
CMYK 0, 16.08, 34.12, 9.8
HSL hsl(31.72,63.5%,73.14%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(31.72,37.83%,90.2%)
CIE-LAB lab(79.1571,8.4785,28.7763)
XYZ xyz(55.7886,55.2014,33.7011)
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