Arrow Shaft is pale, 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 | #a3afc5 |
| Complementary Color | #3a465c |
| Color Shade: | orange (38.82° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 29.41% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Arrow Shaft Color. The Shaded Fern color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Greyish Brown (#7a6a4f) for more calm effect. Try Olive Grove as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#3a465c is the best complementary color to Arrow Shaft. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #5c503a complementary color is Oxford 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 Kabul are #5c3f3a and #565c3a. Thus found on the left and right of #5c503a on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Congo Brown and Hemlock colors as they work well with Arrow Shaft.
The split-complementary Arrow Shaft palette consists of #3e3a5c and #3a565c colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#3a465c). Try Martinique and Limed Spruce colors in combination with #5c503a, 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 #5c503a 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 Arrow Shaft. Thus Voodoo and Mineral Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Arrow Shaft contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Oxford Blue, Tom Thumb, and Eggplant split by 90° on the color wheel. #5c503a 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. Arrow Shaft tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#3a465c) and two others. The Mineral Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Eggplant – 120° from the complementary Oxford Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #3a5c50 and #5c3a45.
In a RGB color space, hex #5c503a is made of 40% red, 35% green and 25% blue. In a HSL mode Arrow Shaft has a hue angle of 38.82°, a saturation of 22.67% and a lightness of 29.41%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #5c503a is made of 0% cyan, 4.71% magenta, 13.33% yellow and 63.92% black ink.
| HEX | #5c503a |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(92,80,58) |
| RGB Percentage | 40%, 35%, 25% |
| CMYK | 0, 4.71, 13.33, 63.92 |
| HSL | hsl(38.82,22.67%,29.41%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(38.82,36.96%,36.08%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(34.6368,1.2798,14.8148) |
| XYZ | xyz(8.046,8.3181,5.1845) |