Rare Wood Color

#594c42

Rare Wood is pale, warm-toned shade of warm red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool cyan, cool magenta or cool green

Inverse Color #a6b3bd
Complementary Color #424f59
Color Shade: warm red (26.09° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 30.39% (better contrasting with white)
Rare Wood Color Sample
Rare Wood Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #594c42

If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Rare Wood Color. The Tanbark Trail color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid red bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Landmark Brown (#756657) for more calm effect. Try Hickory Nut as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#424f59 is the best complementary color to Rare Wood. Cool cyan shades generally complement the warm red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #594c42 complementary color is River Bed, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool red, warm red, and warm yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Kabul are #594243 and #595742. Thus found on the left and right of #594c42 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Matterhorn and Finch colors as they work well with Rare Wood.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Rare Wood palette consists of #424359 and #425957 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#424f59). Try Gun Powder and Mineral Green colors in combination with #594c42, 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 #594c42 offers a combination of warm blue and cool green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Rare Wood. Thus Mulled Wine and Nandor giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Rare Wood contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary River Bed, Gray Asparagus, and Mortar split by 90° on the color wheel. #594c42 square combo is a palette of warm red, warm green, cool cyan and cool 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. Rare Wood tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#424f59) and two others. The Nandor is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Eggplant – 120° from the complementary River Bed. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #42594c and #59424e.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #594c42 is made of 39% red, 33% green and 29% blue. In a HSL mode Rare Wood has a hue angle of 26.09°, a saturation of 14.84% and a lightness of 30.39%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #594c42 is made of 0% cyan, 5.1% magenta, 9.02% yellow and 65.1% black ink.

HEX #594c42
RGB Decimal rgb(89,76,66)
RGB Percentage 39%, 33%, 29%
CMYK 0, 5.1, 9.02, 65.1
HSL hsl(26.09,14.84%,30.39%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(26.09,25.84%,34.9%)
CIE-LAB lab(33.3204,3.645,7.9565)
XYZ xyz(7.6876,7.6861,6.2326)
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