Intense Brown Color

#7f5400

Intense Brown is soft, 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 #80abff
Complementary Color #002b7f
Color Shade: orange (39.69° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 24.9% (better contrasting with white)
Intense Brown Color Sample
Intense Brown Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #7f5400

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Intense Brown Color. The Warm Brown color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Cumin Ochre (#a06600) for more calm effect. Try Hazelnut Chocolate as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#002b7f is the best complementary color to Intense 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 #7f5400 complementary color is Resolution Blue, 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 Cinnamon are #7f1400 and #6a7f00. Thus found on the left and right of #7f5400 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Cedar Wood Finish and Olive colors as they work well with Intense Brown.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Intense Brown palette consists of #14007f and #006a7f colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#002b7f). Try Navy Blue and Orient colors in combination with #7f5400, 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 #7f5400 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 Intense Brown. Thus Pigment Indigo and Tropical Rain Forest giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Intense Brown contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Resolution Blue, Camarone, and Fresh Eggplant split by 90° on the color wheel. #7f5400 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. Intense Brown tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#002b7f) and two others. The Tropical Rain Forest is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Siren – 120° from the complementary Resolution Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #007f53 and #7f002a.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #7f5400 is made of 60% red, 40% green and 0% blue. In a HSL mode Intense Brown has a hue angle of 39.69°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 24.9%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #7f5400 is made of 0% cyan, 16.86% magenta, 49.8% yellow and 50.2% black ink.

HEX #7f5400
RGB Decimal rgb(127,84,0)
RGB Percentage 60%, 40%, 0%
CMYK 0, 16.86, 49.8, 50.2
HSL hsl(39.69,100%,24.9%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(39.69,100%,49.8%)
CIE-LAB lab(39.3312,11.7965,47.8149)
XYZ xyz(11.9227,10.8527,1.4664)
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