Gold Hearted Color

#e6c28c

Gold Hearted 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 #193d73
Complementary Color #8cb0e6
Color Shade: orange (36° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 72.55% (better contrasting with black)
Gold Hearted Color Sample
Gold Hearted Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #e6c28c

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Gold Hearted Color. The Eastern Spice color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Bone White (#f1e1b0) for more energetic effect. Try Western Sunrise as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#8cb0e6 is the best complementary color to Gold Hearted. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #e6c28c 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 #e6958c and #dde68c. Thus found on the left and right of #e6c28c on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Tonys Pink and Wild Rice colors as they work well with Gold Hearted.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Gold Hearted palette consists of #958ce6 and #8cdce6 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#8cb0e6). Try Dull Lavender and Riptide colors in combination with #e6c28c, 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 #e6c28c 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 Hearted. Thus Lavender and Riptide giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Gold Hearted contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Cornflower, Granny Smith Apple, and Light Orchid split by 90° on the color wheel. #e6c28c 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 Hearted tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#8cb0e6) and two others. The Riptide is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Carissma – 120° from the complementary Cornflower. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #8ce6c2 and #e68caf.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #e6c28c is made of 41% red, 34% green and 25% blue. In a HSL mode Gold Hearted has a hue angle of 36°, a saturation of 64.29% and a lightness of 72.55%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #e6c28c is made of 0% cyan, 14.12% magenta, 35.3% yellow and 9.8% black ink.

HEX #e6c28c
RGB Decimal rgb(230,194,140)
RGB Percentage 41%, 34%, 25%
CMYK 0, 14.12, 35.3, 9.8
HSL hsl(36,64.29%,72.55%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(36,39.13%,90.2%)
CIE-LAB lab(80.348,5.5099,31.9311)
XYZ xyz(56.6585,57.3,32.8847)
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