Caramelized Walnut is pale, 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 | #91a9b5 |
| Complementary Color | #4a616e |
| Color Shade: | warm red (20° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 36.08% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Caramelized Walnut Color. The Pine Bark color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid red bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Mill Creek (#876e59) for more energetic effect. Try Basalt Black as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#4a616e is the best complementary color to Caramelized Walnut. 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 #6e564a complementary color is Blue Bayoux, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of cool red, warm red, and warm yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Tobacco Brown are #6e4a50 and #6e684a. Thus found on the left and right of #6e564a on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Ferra and Go Ben colors as they work well with Caramelized Walnut.
The split-complementary Caramelized Walnut palette consists of #4a506e and #4a6e68 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#4a616e). Try Fiord and Cutty Sark colors in combination with #6e564a, 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 #6e564a 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 Caramelized Walnut. Thus Mulled Wine and Como giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Caramelized Walnut contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Blue Bayoux, Axolotl, and Mulled Wine split by 90° on the color wheel. #6e564a square combo is a palette of warm red, warm green, cool cyan and cool magenta shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Caramelized Walnut tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#4a616e) and two others. The Como is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Eggplant – 120° from the complementary Blue Bayoux. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #4a6e56 and #6e4a61.
In a RGB color space, hex #6e564a is made of 41% red, 32% green and 27% blue. In a HSL mode Caramelized Walnut has a hue angle of 20°, a saturation of 19.57% and a lightness of 36.08%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #6e564a is made of 0% cyan, 9.41% magenta, 14.12% yellow and 56.86% black ink.
| HEX | #6e564a |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(110,86,74) |
| RGB Percentage | 41%, 32%, 27% |
| CMYK | 0, 9.41, 14.12, 56.86 |
| HSL | hsl(20,19.57%,36.08%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(20,32.73%,43.14%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(38.6644,7.9973,10.7653) |
| XYZ | xyz(10.9942,10.465,7.9191) |