Heritage Oak Color

#5c453d

Heritage Oak is pale, warm-toned shade of warm red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with mid cyan, violet or cool green

Inverse Color #a3bac2
Complementary Color #3c545c
Color Shade: warm red (15.48° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 30% (better contrasting with white)
Heritage Oak Color Sample
Heritage Oak Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #5c453d

If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Heritage Oak Color. The Wild Stallion 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 Pine Cone (#6d5e54) for more calm effect. Try Sunezumi Brown as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#3c545c is the best complementary color to Heritage Oak. Mid cyan shades generally complement the warm red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #5c453d complementary color is Limed Spruce, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of red magenta, warm red, and orange colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Kabul are #5c3c44 and #5c543c. Thus found on the left and right of #5c453d on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Eggplant and Hemlock colors as they work well with Heritage Oak.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Heritage Oak palette consists of #3c445c and #3c5c54 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#3c545c). Try Oxford Blue and Mineral Green colors in combination with #5c453d, 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 #5c453d 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 Heritage Oak. Thus Mulled Wine and Tom Thumb giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Heritage Oak contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Limed Spruce, Tom Thumb, and Voodoo split by 90° on the color wheel. #5c453d square combo is a palette of warm red, yellow green, mid cyan and violet 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. Heritage Oak tetradic combo consists of mid cyan complementary color (#3c545c) and two others. The Tom Thumb is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Eggplant – 120° from the complementary Limed Spruce. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #3c5c45 and #5c3c54.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #5c453d is made of 41% red, 31% green and 27% blue. In a HSL mode Heritage Oak has a hue angle of 15.48°, a saturation of 20.26% and a lightness of 30%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #5c453d is made of 0% cyan, 9.02% magenta, 12.16% yellow and 63.92% black ink.

HEX #5c453d
RGB Decimal rgb(92,69,61)
RGB Percentage 41%, 31%, 27%
CMYK 0, 9.02, 12.16, 63.92
HSL hsl(15.48,20.26%,30%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(15.48,33.7%,36.08%)
CIE-LAB lab(31.5056,8.5827,8.6462)
XYZ xyz(7.3841,6.8685,5.3514)
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