Vintage Wood Color

#72491e

Vintage Wood is calm, 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 #8db6e1
Complementary Color #1d4772
Color Shade: orange (30.71° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 28.24% (better contrasting with white)
Vintage Wood Color Sample
Vintage Wood Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #72491e

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Vintage Wood Color. The Mammoth Wool 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 soft alternative called Ethiopian Wolf (#985629) for more calm effect. Try Rusty as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#1d4772 is the best complementary color to Vintage Wood. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #72491e complementary color is Biscay, 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 Walnut are #721e1d and #71721d. Thus found on the left and right of #72491e on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Persian Plum and Fern Frond colors as they work well with Vintage Wood.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Vintage Wood palette consists of #1e1d72 and #1d7172 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#1d4772). Try Lucky Point and Elm colors in combination with #72491e, 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 #72491e 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 Vintage Wood. Thus Honey Flower and Green Pea giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Vintage Wood contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Biscay, Forest Green, and Plum split by 90° on the color wheel. #72491e 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. Vintage Wood tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#1d4772) and two others. The Green Pea is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Tawny Port – 120° from the complementary Biscay. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #1d7249 and #721d46.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #72491e is made of 53% red, 34% green and 14% blue. In a HSL mode Vintage Wood has a hue angle of 30.71°, a saturation of 58.33% and a lightness of 28.24%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #72491e is made of 0% cyan, 16.08% magenta, 32.95% yellow and 55.29% black ink.

HEX #72491e
RGB Decimal rgb(114,73,30)
RGB Percentage 53%, 34%, 14%
CMYK 0, 16.08, 32.95, 55.29
HSL hsl(30.71,58.33%,28.24%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(30.71,73.68%,44.71%)
CIE-LAB lab(34.8754,13.2085,32.0083)
XYZ xyz(9.5563,8.4362,2.353)
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