New Amber Color

#6d3b24

New Amber is calm, warm-toned shade of warm red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool cyan, cool magenta or cool green

Inverse Color #92c4db
Complementary Color #24556d
Color Shade: warm red (18.9° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 28.43% (better contrasting with white)
New Amber Color Sample
New Amber Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #6d3b24

If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to New Amber Color. The Tia Maria 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 saturated alternative called Fluorescent Fire (#984427) for more energetic effect. Try Plane Brown as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#24556d is the best complementary color to New Amber. Cool cyan shades generally complement the warm red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #6d3b24 complementary color is Astronaut, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool red, warm red, and warm yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Pickled Bean are #6d2431 and #6d5f24. Thus found on the left and right of #6d3b24 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Tawny Port and Dallas colors as they work well with New Amber.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary New Amber palette consists of #24316d and #246d5f colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#24556d). Try Astronaut and Green Pea colors in combination with #6d3b24, 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 #6d3b24 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 New Amber. Thus Jacarta and Green Pea giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of New Amber contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Astronaut, Forest Green, and Eminence split by 90° on the color wheel. #6d3b24 square combo is a palette of warm red, warm green, cool cyan and cool 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. New Amber tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#24556d) and two others. The Green Pea is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Tawny Port – 120° from the complementary Astronaut. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #246d3b and #6d2455.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #6d3b24 is made of 53% red, 29% green and 18% blue. In a HSL mode New Amber has a hue angle of 18.9°, a saturation of 50.34% and a lightness of 28.43%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #6d3b24 is made of 0% cyan, 19.61% magenta, 28.63% yellow and 57.25% black ink.

HEX #6d3b24
RGB Decimal rgb(109,59,36)
RGB Percentage 53%, 29%, 18%
CMYK 0, 19.61, 28.63, 57.25
HSL hsl(18.9,50.34%,28.43%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(18.9,66.97%,42.75%)
CIE-LAB lab(30.656,19.7321,23.6472)
XYZ xyz(8.1891,6.5065,2.4933)
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