Smoked Oak Brown Color

#573f16

Smoked Oak Brown is calm, 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 #a8c0e9
Complementary Color #162d56
Color Shade: orange (37.85° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 21.37% (better contrasting with white)
Smoked Oak Brown Color Sample
Smoked Oak Brown Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #573f16

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Smoked Oak Brown Color. The Vintage Wood 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 West Coast (#625119) for more calm effect. Try Field Drab as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#162d56 is the best complementary color to Smoked Oak Brown. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #573f16 complementary color is Blue Zodiac, 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 Punga are #561e16 and #4e5616. Thus found on the left and right of #573f16 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Espresso and West Coast colors as they work well with Smoked Oak Brown.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Smoked Oak Brown palette consists of #1e1656 and #164e56 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#162d56). Try Lucky Point and Elephant colors in combination with #573f16, 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 #573f16 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 Smoked Oak Brown. Thus Scarlet Gum and Green Pea giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Smoked Oak Brown contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Blue Zodiac, Parsley, and Wine Berry split by 90° on the color wheel. #573f16 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. Smoked Oak Brown tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#162d56) and two others. The Green Pea is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Wine Berry – 120° from the complementary Blue Zodiac. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #16563f and #56162d.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #573f16 is made of 51% red, 37% green and 13% blue. In a HSL mode Smoked Oak Brown has a hue angle of 37.85°, a saturation of 59.63% and a lightness of 21.37%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #573f16 is made of 0% cyan, 9.41% magenta, 25.49% yellow and 65.88% black ink.

HEX #573f16
RGB Decimal rgb(87,63,22)
RGB Percentage 51%, 37%, 13%
CMYK 0, 9.41, 25.49, 65.88
HSL hsl(37.85,59.63%,21.37%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(37.85,74.71%,34.12%)
CIE-LAB lab(28.4833,5.7064,28.3381)
XYZ xyz(5.8528,5.6392,1.5391)
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