The Cottage Color

#837663

The Cottage 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 #7c899c
Complementary Color #636f82
Color Shade: orange (35.63° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 45.1% (better contrasting with white)
The Cottage Color Sample
The Cottage Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #837663

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to The Cottage Color. The Felted Wool color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Kabul (#6c5e53) for more calm effect. Try Stonegate as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#636f82 is the best complementary color to The Cottage. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #837663 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 #826663 and #7f8263. Thus found on the left and right of #837663 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Sand Dune and Flax Smoke colors as they work well with The Cottage.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary The Cottage palette consists of #666382 and #637f82 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#636f82). Try Dolphin and Sirocco colors in combination with #837663, 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 #837663 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 The Cottage. Thus Rum and Viridian Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of The Cottage contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Pale Sky, Glade Green, and Old Lavender split by 90° on the color wheel. #837663 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. The Cottage tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#636f82) 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 #638276 and #826370.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #837663 is made of 38% red, 34% green and 28% blue. In a HSL mode The Cottage has a hue angle of 35.63°, a saturation of 13.91% and a lightness of 45.1%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #837663 is made of 0% cyan, 5.1% magenta, 12.55% yellow and 48.63% black ink.

HEX #837663
RGB Decimal rgb(131,118,99)
RGB Percentage 38%, 34%, 28%
CMYK 0, 5.1, 12.55, 48.63
HSL hsl(35.63,13.91%,45.1%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(35.63,24.43%,51.37%)
CIE-LAB lab(50.3143,1.7756,12.3028)
XYZ xyz(18.0906,18.683,14.4571)
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