Hippogriff Brown 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 | #a3c3f2 |
| Complementary Color | #0c2c5c |
| Color Shade: | orange (35.7° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 20.59% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Hippogriff Brown Color. The Horses Neck 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 Hairy Brown (#734a12) for more calm effect. Try Ancient Planks as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#0c2c5c is the best complementary color to Hippogriff 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 #5c3c0d complementary color is Downriver, 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 Bronze Olive are #5c140c and #545c0c. Thus found on the left and right of #5c3c0d on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Redwood and Saratoga colors as they work well with Hippogriff Brown.
The split-complementary Hippogriff Brown palette consists of #140c5c and #0c545c colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#0c2c5c). Try Arapawa and Deep Sea Green colors in combination with #5c3c0d, 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 #5c3c0d 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 Hippogriff Brown. Thus Jagger and Jewel giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Hippogriff Brown contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Downriver, Dark Fern, and Loulou split by 90° on the color wheel. #5c3c0d 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. Hippogriff Brown tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#0c2c5c) and two others. The Jewel is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Maroon Oak – 120° from the complementary Downriver. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #0c5c3c and #5c0c2c.
In a RGB color space, hex #5c3c0d is made of 56% red, 36% green and 8% blue. In a HSL mode Hippogriff Brown has a hue angle of 35.7°, a saturation of 75.24% and a lightness of 20.59%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #5c3c0d is made of 0% cyan, 12.55% magenta, 30.98% yellow and 63.92% black ink.
| HEX | #5c3c0d |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(92,60,13) |
| RGB Percentage | 56%, 36%, 8% |
| CMYK | 0, 12.55, 30.98, 63.92 |
| HSL | hsl(35.7,75.24%,20.59%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(35.7,85.87%,36.08%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(28.2105,9.6468,32.6293) |
| XYZ | xyz(6.1021,5.5361,1.1277) |