Filtered Moon Color

#ecca9a

Filtered Moon 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 #133565
Complementary Color #99bbec
Color Shade: orange (35.12° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 76.47% (better contrasting with black)
Filtered Moon Color Sample
Filtered Moon Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #ecca9a

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Filtered Moon Color. The Sun Bleached Ochre 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 Sour Patch Peach (#f4d9c5) for more calm effect. Try Jefferson Cream as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#99bbec is the best complementary color to Filtered Moon. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #ecca9a 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 Chalky are #eca099 and #e5ec99. Thus found on the left and right of #ecca9a on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Sea Pink and Primrose colors as they work well with Filtered Moon.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Filtered Moon palette consists of #a099ec and #99e4ec colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#99bbec). Try Biloba Flower and Blizzard Blue colors in combination with #ecca9a, 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 #ecca9a 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 Filtered Moon. Thus Biloba Flower and Magic Mint giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Filtered Moon contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Cornflower, Madang, and Lavender Magenta split by 90° on the color wheel. #ecca9a 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. Filtered Moon tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#99bbec) and two others. The Magic Mint 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 #99ecca and #ec99bb.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #ecca9a is made of 40% red, 34% green and 26% blue. In a HSL mode Filtered Moon has a hue angle of 35.12°, a saturation of 68.33% and a lightness of 76.47%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ecca9a is made of 0% cyan, 13.33% magenta, 32.16% yellow and 7.45% black ink.

HEX #ecca9a
RGB Decimal rgb(236,202,154)
RGB Percentage 40%, 34%, 26%
CMYK 0, 13.33, 32.16, 7.45
HSL hsl(35.12,68.33%,76.47%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(35.12,34.75%,92.55%)
CIE-LAB lab(83.1294,5.2873,28.4245)
XYZ xyz(61.5453,62.407,39.3738)
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