Pimento Grain 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 | #93a8c7 |
| Complementary Color | #374c6c |
| Color Shade: | orange (35.77° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 32.16% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Pimento Grain Brown Color. The Witch's Cottage color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Nutty Brown (#8a6f44) for more energetic effect. Try Cowboy Trails as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#374c6c is the best complementary color to Pimento Grain 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 #6c5738 complementary color is San Juan, 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 Yellow Metal are #6c3c37 and #676c37. Thus found on the left and right of #6c5738 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Buccaneer and Costa Del Sol colors as they work well with Pimento Grain Brown.
The split-complementary Pimento Grain Brown palette consists of #3c376c and #37666c colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#374c6c). Try Rhino and William colors in combination with #6c5738, 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 #6c5738 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 Pimento Grain Brown. Thus Bossanova and Amazon giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Pimento Grain Brown contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary San Juan, Killarney, and Cosmic split by 90° on the color wheel. #6c5738 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. Pimento Grain Brown tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#374c6c) and two others. The Amazon is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Cosmic – 120° from the complementary San Juan. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #376c57 and #6c374c.
In a RGB color space, hex #6c5738 is made of 43% red, 35% green and 22% blue. In a HSL mode Pimento Grain Brown has a hue angle of 35.77°, a saturation of 31.71% and a lightness of 32.16%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #6c5738 is made of 0% cyan, 8.23% magenta, 20.39% yellow and 57.65% black ink.
| HEX | #6c5738 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(108,87,56) |
| RGB Percentage | 43%, 35%, 22% |
| CMYK | 0, 8.23, 20.39, 57.65 |
| HSL | hsl(35.77,31.71%,32.16%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(35.77,48.15%,42.35%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(38.3581,4.1269,21.2313) |
| XYZ | xyz(10.3063,10.2901,5.1844) |