Aged Parchment Color

#e9ddca

Aged Parchment 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 #162235
Complementary Color #c9d5e9
Color Shade: orange (36.77° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 85.29% (better contrasting with black)
Aged Parchment Color Sample
Aged Parchment Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #e9ddca

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Aged Parchment Color. The Candle Light 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 Light Corn Yellow (#e0c3a2) for more energetic effect. Try Tailor's Buff as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#c9d5e9 is the best complementary color to Aged Parchment. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #e9ddca 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 Stark White are #e9cdc9 and #e5e9c9. Thus found on the left and right of #e9ddca on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Oyster Pink and Aths Special colors as they work well with Aged Parchment.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Aged Parchment palette consists of #cdc9e9 and #c9e5e9 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#c9d5e9). Try Prelude and Jagged Ice colors in combination with #e9ddca, 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 #e9ddca 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 Parchment. Thus Prelude and Skeptic giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Aged Parchment contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Periwinkle Gray, Zanah, and Melanie split by 90° on the color wheel. #e9ddca 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 Parchment tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#c9d5e9) 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 #c9e9dd and #e9c9d5.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #e9ddca is made of 36% red, 34% green and 31% blue. In a HSL mode Aged Parchment has a hue angle of 36.77°, a saturation of 41.33% and a lightness of 85.29%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #e9ddca is made of 0% cyan, 4.7% magenta, 12.15% yellow and 8.63% black ink.

HEX #e9ddca
RGB Decimal rgb(233,221,202)
RGB Percentage 36%, 34%, 31%
CMYK 0, 4.7, 12.15, 8.63
HSL hsl(36.77,41.33%,85.29%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(36.77,13.3%,91.37%)
CIE-LAB lab(88.591,0.9711,10.7864)
XYZ xyz(70.1214,73.3008,66.3298)
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