Time Honored Color

#7f6d37

Time Honored is calm, warm-toned shade of orange. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with blue cyan, warm magenta or green cyan

Inverse Color #8092c8
Complementary Color #37497f
Color Shade: orange (45° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 35.69% (better contrasting with white)
Time Honored Color Sample
Time Honored Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #7f6d37

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Time Honored Color. The Wishing Troll 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 saturated alternative called Ochre Brown (#9f7b3e) for more energetic effect. Try Bulrush as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#37497f is the best complementary color to Time Honored. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #7f6d37 complementary color is Chambray, 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 Pesto are #7f4937 and #6d7f37. Thus found on the left and right of #7f6d37 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Ironstone and Pesto colors as they work well with Time Honored.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Time Honored palette consists of #49377f and #376d7f colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#37497f). Try Minsk and Ming colors in combination with #7f6d37, 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 #7f6d37 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 Time Honored. Thus Eminence and Viridian giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Time Honored contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Chambray, Goblin, and Cosmic split by 90° on the color wheel. #7f6d37 square combo is a palette of orange, mid green, blue cyan and warm 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. Time Honored tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#37497f) and two others. The Viridian is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Solid Pink – 120° from the complementary Chambray. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #377f6d and #7f3749.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #7f6d37 is made of 44% red, 37% green and 19% blue. In a HSL mode Time Honored has a hue angle of 45°, a saturation of 39.56% and a lightness of 35.69%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #7f6d37 is made of 0% cyan, 7.05% magenta, 28.23% yellow and 50.2% black ink.

HEX #7f6d37
RGB Decimal rgb(127,109,55)
RGB Percentage 44%, 37%, 19%
CMYK 0, 7.05, 28.23, 50.2
HSL hsl(45,39.56%,35.69%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(45,56.69%,49.8%)
CIE-LAB lab(46.6118,-0.2147,32.4242)
XYZ xyz(14.9106,15.7251,5.8638)
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