Pine Grain Color

#ebc79e

Pine Grain 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 #143861
Complementary Color #9dc1eb
Color Shade: orange (31.95° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 77.06% (better contrasting with black)
Pine Grain Color Sample
Pine Grain Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #ebc79e

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Pine Grain Color. The Tumbleweed 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 soft alternative called White Chocolate (#f0e3c7) for more calm effect. Try Sweet Curry as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#9dc1eb is the best complementary color to Pine Grain. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #ebc79e 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 Pancho are #eba09d and #e8eb9d. Thus found on the left and right of #ebc79e on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Sea Pink and Primrose colors as they work well with Pine Grain.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Pine Grain palette consists of #a09deb and #9de8eb colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#9dc1eb). Try Biloba Flower and Blizzard Blue colors in combination with #ebc79e, 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 #ebc79e 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 Pine Grain. Thus Biloba Flower and Magic Mint giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Pine Grain contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Cornflower, Granny Smith Apple, and Lavender Magenta split by 90° on the color wheel. #ebc79e 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. Pine Grain tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#9dc1eb) and two others. The Magic Mint is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Kobi – 120° from the complementary Cornflower. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #9debc7 and #eb9dc1.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #ebc79e is made of 40% red, 34% green and 27% blue. In a HSL mode Pine Grain has a hue angle of 31.95°, a saturation of 65.81% and a lightness of 77.06%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ebc79e is made of 0% cyan, 14.12% magenta, 30.2% yellow and 7.84% black ink.

HEX #ebc79e
RGB Decimal rgb(235,199,158)
RGB Percentage 40%, 34%, 27%
CMYK 0, 14.12, 30.2, 7.84
HSL hsl(31.95,65.81%,77.06%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(31.95,32.77%,92.16%)
CIE-LAB lab(82.3667,6.9535,25.2798)
XYZ xyz(60.8559,60.9776,40.9102)
;