Pieces of Eight is soft, warm-toned shade of orange. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with blue cyan, mid magenta or green cyan
| Inverse Color | #0050c7 |
| Complementary Color | #3888ff |
| Color Shade: | orange (35.88° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 60.98% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Pieces of Eight Color. The Sunflower 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 soft alternative called Joyful Orange (#fa9335) for more calm effect. Try Banana Boat as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#3888ff is the best complementary color to Pieces of Eight. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #ffaf38 complementary color is Dodger Blue, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of mid red, orange, and mid yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Yellow Orange are #ff4b38 and #ebff38. Thus found on the left and right of #ffaf38 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Sunset Orange and Golden Fizz colors as they work well with Pieces of Eight.
The split-complementary Pieces of Eight palette consists of #4b38ff and #38ebff colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#3888ff). Try Electric Violet and Cyan / Aqua colors in combination with #ffaf38, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.
The triadic palette of #ffaf38 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 Pieces of Eight. Thus Electric Violet and Spring Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Pieces of Eight contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Dodger Blue, Screamin' Green, and Razzle Dazzle Rose split by 90° on the color wheel. #ffaf38 square combo is a palette of orange, mid green, blue cyan and mid magenta shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Pieces of Eight tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#3888ff) and two others. The Spring Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Wild Strawberry – 120° from the complementary Dodger Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #38ffaf and #ff3888.
In a RGB color space, hex #ffaf38 is made of 52% red, 36% green and 12% blue. In a HSL mode Pieces of Eight has a hue angle of 35.88°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 60.98%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ffaf38 is made of 0% cyan, 31.37% magenta, 78.04% yellow and 0% black ink.
| HEX | #ffaf38 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(255,175,56) |
| RGB Percentage | 52%, 36%, 12% |
| CMYK | 0, 31.37, 78.04, 0 |
| HSL | hsl(35.88,100%,60.98%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(35.88,78.04%,100%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(77.4035,19.7439,68.4637) |
| XYZ | xyz(57.2838,52.2055,10.7989) |