Bud's Sails Color

#e9e3d3

Bud's Sails 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 #161c2c
Complementary Color #d3d9e9
Color Shade: orange (43.64° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 87.06% (better contrasting with black)
Bud's Sails Color Sample
Bud's Sails Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #e9e3d3

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Bud's Sails Color. The Muslin Tint 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 Island Embrace (#ded9b4) for more energetic effect. Try Tatami as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#d3d9e9 is the best complementary color to Bud's Sails. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #e9e3d3 complementary color is Botticelli, 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 #e9d8d3 and #e4e9d3. Thus found on the left and right of #e9e3d3 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Bizarre and Kidnapper colors as they work well with Bud's Sails.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Bud's Sails palette consists of #d8d3e9 and #d3e4e9 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#d3d9e9). Try Snuff and Botticelli colors in combination with #e9e3d3, 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 #e9e3d3 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 Bud's Sails. Thus Snuff and Skeptic giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Bud's Sails contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Botticelli, Surf Crest, and Twilight split by 90° on the color wheel. #e9e3d3 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. Bud's Sails tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#d3d9e9) and two others. The Skeptic is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Oyster Pink – 120° from the complementary Botticelli. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #d3e9e3 and #e9d3d9.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #e9e3d3 is made of 35% red, 34% green and 31% blue. In a HSL mode Bud's Sails has a hue angle of 43.64°, a saturation of 33.33% and a lightness of 87.06%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #e9e3d3 is made of 0% cyan, 2.35% magenta, 8.62% yellow and 8.63% black ink.

HEX #e9e3d3
RGB Decimal rgb(233,227,211)
RGB Percentage 35%, 34%, 31%
CMYK 0, 2.35, 8.62, 8.63
HSL hsl(43.64,33.33%,87.06%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(43.64,9.44%,91.37%)
CIE-LAB lab(90.3055,-0.6726,8.5239)
XYZ xyz(72.8312,76.965,72.6451)
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