Mud Brown Color

#60460f

Mud 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 #9fb9f0
Complementary Color #0e2860
Color Shade: orange (40.74° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 21.76% (better contrasting with white)
Mud Brown Color Sample
Mud Brown Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #60460f

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Mud Brown Color. The Cafe Royale 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 saturated alternative called Coffee Adept (#775511) for more energetic effect. Try Lizard Brown as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#0e2860 is the best complementary color to Mud 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 #60460f complementary color is Downriver, 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 Horses Neck are #601d0e and #51600e. Thus found on the left and right of #60460f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Redwood and Saratoga colors as they work well with Mud Brown.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Mud Brown palette consists of #1d0e60 and #0e5160 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#0e2860). Try Violent Violet and Eden colors in combination with #60460f, 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 #60460f 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 Mud Brown. Thus Jagger and Jewel giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Mud Brown contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Downriver, Dark Fern, and Loulou split by 90° on the color wheel. #60460f 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. Mud Brown tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#0e2860) 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 #0e6046 and #600e28.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #60460f is made of 53% red, 39% green and 8% blue. In a HSL mode Mud Brown has a hue angle of 40.74°, a saturation of 72.97% and a lightness of 21.76%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #60460f is made of 0% cyan, 10.2% magenta, 31.77% yellow and 62.35% black ink.

HEX #60460f
RGB Decimal rgb(96,70,15)
RGB Percentage 53%, 39%, 8%
CMYK 0, 10.2, 31.77, 62.35
HSL hsl(40.74,72.97%,21.76%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(40.74,84.38%,37.65%)
CIE-LAB lab(31.5819,5.4849,35.0733)
XYZ xyz(7.1003,6.9016,1.4099)
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