Grouchy Badger Color

#6f675c

Grouchy Badger 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 #9098a3
Complementary Color #5c646f
Color Shade: orange (34.74° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 39.8% (better contrasting with white)
Grouchy Badger Color Sample
Grouchy Badger Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #6f675c

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Grouchy Badger Color. The Rare Wood color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Belgian Sweet (#8d7560) for more energetic effect. Try Turtle Shell as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#5c646f is the best complementary color to Grouchy Badger. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #6f675c complementary color is Shuttle Gray, 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 Flint are #6f5d5c and #6d6f5c. Thus found on the left and right of #6f675c on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Dorado and Kokoda colors as they work well with Grouchy Badger.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Grouchy Badger palette consists of #5d5c6f and #5c6d6f colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#5c646f). Try Mid Gray and Nevada colors in combination with #6f675c, 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 #6f675c 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 Grouchy Badger. Thus Salt Box and Corduroy giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Grouchy Badger contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Shuttle Gray, Finlandia, and Old Lavender split by 90° on the color wheel. #6f675c 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. Grouchy Badger tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#5c646f) and two others. The Corduroy is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Scorpion – 120° from the complementary Shuttle Gray. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #5c6f67 and #6f5c64.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #6f675c is made of 36% red, 34% green and 30% blue. In a HSL mode Grouchy Badger has a hue angle of 34.74°, a saturation of 9.36% and a lightness of 39.8%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #6f675c is made of 0% cyan, 3.14% magenta, 7.45% yellow and 56.47% black ink.

HEX #6f675c
RGB Decimal rgb(111,103,92)
RGB Percentage 36%, 34%, 30%
CMYK 0, 3.14, 7.45, 56.47
HSL hsl(34.74,9.36%,39.8%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(34.74,17.12%,43.53%)
CIE-LAB lab(44.021,1.115,7.3398)
XYZ xyz(13.3376,13.8527,12.0961)
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