Elven Flesh Color

#f7cf8a

Elven Flesh is calm, 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 #083075
Complementary Color #89b1f7
Color Shade: orange (37.98° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 75.49% (better contrasting with black)
Elven Flesh Color Sample
Elven Flesh Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #f7cf8a

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Elven Flesh Color. The Barrel color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Glitter Yellow (#f8d75a) for more energetic effect. Try Tinker Light as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#89b1f7 is the best complementary color to Elven Flesh. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #f7cf8a complementary color is Malibu, 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 Marzipan are #f79889 and #e8f789. Thus found on the left and right of #f7cf8a on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Geraldine and Mindaro colors as they work well with Elven Flesh.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Elven Flesh palette consists of #9889f7 and #89e8f7 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#89b1f7). Try Portage and Malibu colors in combination with #f7cf8a, 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 #f7cf8a 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 Elven Flesh. Thus Heliotrope and Aquamarine giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Elven Flesh contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Malibu, Mint Green, and Lavender Rose split by 90° on the color wheel. #f7cf8a 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. Elven Flesh tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#89b1f7) and two others. The Aquamarine is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Persian Pink – 120° from the complementary Malibu. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #89f7cf and #f789b2.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #f7cf8a is made of 42% red, 35% green and 23% blue. In a HSL mode Elven Flesh has a hue angle of 37.98°, a saturation of 87.2% and a lightness of 75.49%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #f7cf8a is made of 0% cyan, 15.68% magenta, 42.74% yellow and 3.14% black ink.

HEX #f7cf8a
RGB Decimal rgb(247,207,138)
RGB Percentage 42%, 35%, 23%
CMYK 0, 15.68, 42.74, 3.14
HSL hsl(37.98,87.2%,75.49%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(37.98,44.13%,96.86%)
CIE-LAB lab(85.116,5.2531,39.4681)
XYZ xyz(65.258,66.2348,33.3899)
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