Heavy 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 | #8c9db5 |
| Complementary Color | #4a5b73 |
| Color Shade: | orange (35.12° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 37.06% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Heavy Brown Color. The Downing Earth color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Rare Wood (#594c42) for more calm effect. Try Mudskipper as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#4a5b73 is the best complementary color to Heavy 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 #73624a complementary color is Blue Bayoux, 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 Tobacco Brown are #734d4a and #6f734a. Thus found on the left and right of #73624a on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Ferra and Go Ben colors as they work well with Heavy Brown.
The split-complementary Heavy Brown palette consists of #4d4a73 and #4a6f73 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#4a5b73). Try Mulled Wine and Cutty Sark colors in combination with #73624a, 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 #73624a 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 Heavy Brown. Thus Mulled Wine and Como giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Heavy Brown contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Blue Bayoux, Axolotl, and Eggplant split by 90° on the color wheel. #73624a 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. Heavy Brown tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#4a5b73) and two others. The Como is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Ferra – 120° from the complementary Blue Bayoux. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #4a7362 and #734a5a.
In a RGB color space, hex #73624a is made of 40% red, 34% green and 26% blue. In a HSL mode Heavy Brown has a hue angle of 35.12°, a saturation of 21.69% and a lightness of 37.06%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #73624a is made of 0% cyan, 6.67% magenta, 16.08% yellow and 54.9% black ink.
| HEX | #73624a |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(115,98,74) |
| RGB Percentage | 40%, 34%, 26% |
| CMYK | 0, 6.67, 16.08, 54.9 |
| HSL | hsl(35.12,21.69%,37.06%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(35.12,35.65%,45.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(42.5737,2.9704,16.2027) |
| XYZ | xyz(12.6739,12.8746,8.2956) |