Tree Bark Brown Color

#665b4e

Tree Bark Brown 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 #99a4b1
Complementary Color #4e5966
Color Shade: orange (32.5° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 35.29% (better contrasting with white)
Tree Bark Brown Color Sample
Tree Bark Brown Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #665b4e

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Tree Bark Brown Color. The Gothic Olive 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 Whiskey Barrel (#85705f) for more energetic effect. Try Hammered Pewter as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#4e5966 is the best complementary color to Tree Bark 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 #665b4e complementary color is River Bed, 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 Soya Bean are #664f4e and #65664e. Thus found on the left and right of #665b4e on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Dorado and Finch colors as they work well with Tree Bark Brown.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Tree Bark Brown palette consists of #4f4e66 and #4e6566 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#4e5966). Try Mulled Wine and Cutty Sark colors in combination with #665b4e, 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 #665b4e offers a combination of warm blue and green cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Tree Bark Brown. Thus Mulled Wine and Nandor giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Tree Bark Brown contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary River Bed, Finlandia, and Eggplant split by 90° on the color wheel. #665b4e 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. Tree Bark Brown tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#4e5966) and two others. The Nandor is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Don Juan – 120° from the complementary River Bed. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #4e665b and #664e58.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #665b4e is made of 38% red, 34% green and 29% blue. In a HSL mode Tree Bark Brown has a hue angle of 32.5°, a saturation of 13.33% and a lightness of 35.29%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #665b4e is made of 0% cyan, 4.31% magenta, 9.41% yellow and 60% black ink.

HEX #665b4e
RGB Decimal rgb(102,91,78)
RGB Percentage 38%, 34%, 29%
CMYK 0, 4.31, 9.41, 60
HSL hsl(32.5,13.33%,35.29%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(32.5,23.53%,40%)
CIE-LAB lab(39.3386,2.1114,9.1212)
XYZ xyz(10.5957,10.857,8.7449)
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