Pale Chamois Color

#efe5d7

Pale Chamois 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 #101a28
Complementary Color #d6e1ef
Color Shade: orange (35° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 89.02% (better contrasting with black)
Pale Chamois Color Sample
Pale Chamois Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #efe5d7

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Pale Chamois Color. The Journal White 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 Malibu Dune (#e7ceb5) for more energetic effect. Try Blonde Wool as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#d6e1ef is the best complementary color to Pale Chamois. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #efe5d7 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 Aths Special are #efd9d6 and #ecefd6. Thus found on the left and right of #efe5d7 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Bizarre and Aths Special colors as they work well with Pale Chamois.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Pale Chamois palette consists of #d8d6ef and #d6edef colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#d6e1ef). Try Snuff and Swans Down colors in combination with #efe5d7, 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 #efe5d7 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 Pale Chamois. Thus Snuff and Swans Down giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Pale Chamois contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Periwinkle Gray, Zanah, and Prim split by 90° on the color wheel. #efe5d7 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. Pale Chamois tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#d6e1ef) and two others. The Swans Down is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Vanilla Ice – 120° from the complementary Periwinkle Gray. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #d6efe5 and #efd6e0.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #efe5d7 is made of 35% red, 34% green and 31% blue. In a HSL mode Pale Chamois has a hue angle of 35°, a saturation of 42.86% and a lightness of 89.02%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #efe5d7 is made of 0% cyan, 3.93% magenta, 9.42% yellow and 6.27% black ink.

HEX #efe5d7
RGB Decimal rgb(239,229,215)
RGB Percentage 35%, 34%, 31%
CMYK 0, 3.93, 9.42, 6.27
HSL hsl(35,42.86%,89.02%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(35,10.04%,93.73%)
CIE-LAB lab(91.3679,1.0487,8.0206)
XYZ xyz(75.8817,79.2956,75.5962)
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