Fine Sand Color

#f1d5ae

Fine Sand 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 #0e2a51
Complementary Color #aec9f0
Color Shade: orange (34.93° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 81.37% (better contrasting with black)
Fine Sand Color Sample
Fine Sand Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #f1d5ae

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Fine Sand Color. The Venetian Lace color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Spinning Wheel (#f6edda) for more calm effect. Try Gentle Doe as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#aec9f0 is the best complementary color to Fine Sand. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #f1d5ae complementary color is Perano, 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 #f0b3ae and #ebf0ae. Thus found on the left and right of #f1d5ae on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Mandys Pink and Double Colonial White colors as they work well with Fine Sand.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Fine Sand palette consists of #b3aef0 and #aeebf0 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#aec9f0). Try Biloba Flower and Blizzard Blue colors in combination with #f1d5ae, 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 #f1d5ae 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 Fine Sand. Thus Moon Raker and Magic Mint giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Fine Sand contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Perano, Madang, and Chantilly split by 90° on the color wheel. #f1d5ae 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. Fine Sand tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#aec9f0) and two others. The Magic Mint is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Kobi – 120° from the complementary Perano. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #aef0d5 and #f0aeca.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #f1d5ae is made of 38% red, 34% green and 28% blue. In a HSL mode Fine Sand has a hue angle of 34.93°, a saturation of 70.53% and a lightness of 81.37%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #f1d5ae is made of 0% cyan, 10.98% magenta, 26.27% yellow and 5.49% black ink.

HEX #f1d5ae
RGB Decimal rgb(241,213,174)
RGB Percentage 38%, 34%, 28%
CMYK 0, 10.98, 26.27, 5.49
HSL hsl(34.93,70.53%,81.37%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(34.93,27.8%,94.51%)
CIE-LAB lab(86.6747,3.991,22.8686)
XYZ xyz(67.7099,69.3453,49.8607)
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