Brick 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 | #889fc0 |
| Complementary Color | #3f5577 |
| Color Shade: | orange (35.36° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 35.69% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Brick Brown Color. The Dijon 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 saturated alternative called Wool Tweed (#917747) for more energetic effect. Try Hóng Zōng Brown as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#3f5577 is the best complementary color to Brick 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 #77603f complementary color is East Bay, 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 Yellow Metal are #77443f and #72773f. Thus found on the left and right of #77603f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Spicy Mix and Yellow Metal colors as they work well with Brick Brown.
The split-complementary Brick Brown palette consists of #433f77 and #3f7177 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#3f5577). Try East Bay and Faded Jade colors in combination with #77603f, 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 #77603f 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 Brick Brown. Thus Affair and Amazon giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Brick Brown contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary East Bay, Killarney, and Cosmic split by 90° on the color wheel. #77603f 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. Brick Brown tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#3f5577) and two others. The Amazon is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Cosmic – 120° from the complementary East Bay. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #3f7760 and #773f56.
In a RGB color space, hex #77603f is made of 43% red, 35% green and 23% blue. In a HSL mode Brick Brown has a hue angle of 35.36°, a saturation of 30.77% and a lightness of 35.69%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #77603f is made of 0% cyan, 9.02% magenta, 21.96% yellow and 53.33% black ink.
| HEX | #77603f |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(119,96,63) |
| RGB Percentage | 43%, 35%, 23% |
| CMYK | 0, 9.02, 21.96, 53.33 |
| HSL | hsl(35.36,30.77%,35.69%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(35.36,47.06%,46.67%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(42.2258,4.5632,22.3245) |
| XYZ | xyz(12.6878,12.6466,6.4749) |