Aged White Color

#e8decd

Aged White 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 #172132
Complementary Color #cdd7e8
Color Shade: orange (37.78° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 85.69% (better contrasting with black)
Aged White Color Sample
Aged White Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #e8decd

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Aged White Color. The Ancestral Gold 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 Capital Grains (#dbd0a8) for more energetic effect. Try Bleached Wheat as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#cdd7e8 is the best complementary color to Aged White. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #e8decd 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 White Rock are #e8d0cd and #e4e8cd. Thus found on the left and right of #e8decd on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Oyster Pink and White Rock colors as they work well with Aged White.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Aged White palette consists of #d0cde8 and #cde4e8 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#cdd7e8). Try Prelude and Botticelli colors in combination with #e8decd, 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 #e8decd 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 Aged White. Thus Snuff and Skeptic giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Aged White contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Periwinkle Gray, Zanah, and Melanie split by 90° on the color wheel. #e8decd 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. Aged White tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#cdd7e8) 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 #cde8de and #e8cdd7.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #e8decd is made of 35% red, 34% green and 31% blue. In a HSL mode Aged White has a hue angle of 37.78°, a saturation of 36.99% and a lightness of 85.69%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #e8decd is made of 0% cyan, 3.92% magenta, 10.59% yellow and 9.02% black ink.

HEX #e8decd
RGB Decimal rgb(232,222,205)
RGB Percentage 35%, 34%, 31%
CMYK 0, 3.92, 10.59, 9.02
HSL hsl(37.78,36.99%,85.69%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(37.78,11.64%,90.98%)
CIE-LAB lab(88.8308,0.5766,9.5441)
XYZ xyz(70.4194,73.8061,68.2921)
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