Roycroft Brass Color

#7a6a51

Roycroft Brass 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 #8595ae
Complementary Color #51607a
Color Shade: orange (36.59° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 39.8% (better contrasting with white)
Roycroft Brass Color Sample
Roycroft Brass Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #7a6a51

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Roycroft Brass Color. The Gingko Tree 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 Granite Green (#8b8265) for more calm effect. Try Shadow Ridge as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#51607a is the best complementary color to Roycroft Brass. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #7a6a51 complementary color is Blue Bayoux, 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 Shadow are #7a5551 and #757a51. Thus found on the left and right of #7a6a51 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Ferra and Go Ben colors as they work well with Roycroft Brass.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Roycroft Brass palette consists of #55517a and #51757a colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#51607a). Try Comet and Cutty Sark colors in combination with #7a6a51, 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 #7a6a51 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 Roycroft Brass. Thus Smoky and Como giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Roycroft Brass contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Blue Bayoux, Spring Leaves, and Falcon split by 90° on the color wheel. #7a6a51 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. Roycroft Brass tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#51607a) 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 #517a6a and #7a5160.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #7a6a51 is made of 39% red, 34% green and 26% blue. In a HSL mode Roycroft Brass has a hue angle of 36.59°, a saturation of 20.2% and a lightness of 39.8%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #7a6a51 is made of 0% cyan, 6.27% magenta, 16.08% yellow and 52.16% black ink.

HEX #7a6a51
RGB Decimal rgb(122,106,81)
RGB Percentage 39%, 34%, 26%
CMYK 0, 6.27, 16.08, 52.16
HSL hsl(36.59,20.2%,39.8%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(36.59,33.61%,47.84%)
CIE-LAB lab(45.6886,2.2775,16.3819)
XYZ xyz(14.6653,15.0397,9.9146)
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