Greyish 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 | #8595b0 |
| Complementary Color | #4f5e7a |
| Color Shade: | orange (37.67° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 39.41% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Greyish Brown Color. The Charlie Horse 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 Best Bronze (#5d513e) for more calm effect. Try Granite Green as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#4f5e7a is the best complementary color to Greyish 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 #7a6a4f 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 Shadow are #7a544f and #747a4f. Thus found on the left and right of #7a6a4f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Roman Coffee and Go Ben colors as they work well with Greyish Brown.
The split-complementary Greyish Brown palette consists of #544f7a and #4f747a colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#4f5e7a). Try Comet and Cutty Sark colors in combination with #7a6a4f, 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 #7a6a4f 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 Greyish Brown. Thus Smoky and Como giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Greyish Brown contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Blue Bayoux, Spring Leaves, and Falcon split by 90° on the color wheel. #7a6a4f 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. Greyish Brown tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#4f5e7a) 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 #4f7a6a and #7a4f5f.
In a RGB color space, hex #7a6a4f is made of 40% red, 35% green and 26% blue. In a HSL mode Greyish Brown has a hue angle of 37.67°, a saturation of 21.39% and a lightness of 39.41%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #7a6a4f is made of 0% cyan, 6.27% magenta, 16.86% yellow and 52.16% black ink.
| HEX | #7a6a4f |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(122,106,79) |
| RGB Percentage | 40%, 35%, 26% |
| CMYK | 0, 6.27, 16.86, 52.16 |
| HSL | hsl(37.67,21.39%,39.41%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(37.67,35.25%,47.84%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(45.6481,2.0005,17.5054) |
| XYZ | xyz(14.5914,15.0102,9.5253) |