Butternut Wood 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 | #8190a6 |
| Complementary Color | #59687e |
| Color Shade: | orange (35.68° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 42.16% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Butternut Wood Color. The Mud Room color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Sandpit (#9e7c5e) for more energetic effect. Try Fifth Olive-Nue as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#59687e is the best complementary color to Butternut 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 #7e6f59 complementary color is Shuttle Gray, 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 Crocodile are #7e5c59 and #7a7e59. Thus found on the left and right of #7e6f59 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Russett and Flax Smoke colors as they work well with Butternut Wood.
The split-complementary Butternut Wood palette consists of #5c597e and #597a7e colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#59687e). Try Comet and Cutty Sark colors in combination with #7e6f59, 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 #7e6f59 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 Butternut Wood. Thus Rum and Como giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Butternut Wood contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Shuttle Gray, Glade Green, and Falcon split by 90° on the color wheel. #7e6f59 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. Butternut Wood tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#59687e) and two others. The Como is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Falcon – 120° from the complementary Shuttle Gray. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #597e6f and #7e5967.
In a RGB color space, hex #7e6f59 is made of 39% red, 34% green and 27% blue. In a HSL mode Butternut Wood has a hue angle of 35.68°, a saturation of 17.21% and a lightness of 42.16%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #7e6f59 is made of 0% cyan, 5.88% magenta, 14.51% yellow and 50.59% black ink.
| HEX | #7e6f59 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(126,111,89) |
| RGB Percentage | 39%, 34%, 27% |
| CMYK | 0, 5.88, 14.51, 50.59 |
| HSL | hsl(35.68,17.21%,42.16%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(35.68,29.37%,49.41%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(47.6569,2.2211,14.4188) |
| XYZ | xyz(16.0918,16.5258,11.7929) |