Rye Brown Color

#807465

Rye 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 #7f8b9a
Complementary Color #65707f
Color Shade: orange (33.33° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 44.9% (better contrasting with white)
Rye Brown Color Sample
Rye Brown Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #807465

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Rye Brown Color. The Lost Canyon color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Manor House (#665d57) for more calm effect. Try Nurude Brown as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#65707f is the best complementary color to Rye 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 #807465 complementary color is Pale Sky, 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 Sand Dune are #7f6665 and #7e7f65. Thus found on the left and right of #807465 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Sand Dune and Flax Smoke colors as they work well with Rye Brown.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Rye Brown palette consists of #66657f and #657e7f colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#65707f). Try Dolphin and Sirocco colors in combination with #807465, 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 #807465 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 Rye Brown. Thus Rum and Viridian Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Rye Brown contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Pale Sky, Glade Green, and Old Lavender split by 90° on the color wheel. #807465 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. Rye Brown tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#65707f) and two others. The Viridian Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Falcon – 120° from the complementary Pale Sky. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #657f73 and #7f6571.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #807465 is made of 37% red, 34% green and 29% blue. In a HSL mode Rye Brown has a hue angle of 33.33°, a saturation of 11.79% and a lightness of 44.9%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #807465 is made of 0% cyan, 4.71% magenta, 10.59% yellow and 49.8% black ink.

HEX #807465
RGB Decimal rgb(128,116,101)
RGB Percentage 37%, 34%, 29%
CMYK 0, 4.71, 10.59, 49.8
HSL hsl(33.33,11.79%,44.9%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(33.33,21.09%,50.2%)
CIE-LAB lab(49.5198,2.0159,9.9757)
XYZ xyz(17.4964,18.0196,14.8679)
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