Nutty Brown is calm, 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 | #7590bb |
| Complementary Color | #445f8a |
| Color Shade: | orange (36.86° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 40.39% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Nutty Brown Color. The Oak Barrel color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Plum Green (#695c39) for more calm effect. Try Gun Corps Brown as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#445f8a is the best complementary color to Nutty 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 #8a6f44 complementary color is East Bay, 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 Spicy Mix are #8a4c44 and #828a44. Thus found on the left and right of #8a6f44 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Spicy Mix and Sycamore colors as they work well with Nutty Brown.
The split-complementary Nutty Brown palette consists of #4b448a and #44818a colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#445f8a). Try Victoria and Bismark colors in combination with #8a6f44, 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 #8a6f44 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 Nutty Brown. Thus Affair and Viridian giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Nutty Brown contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary East Bay, Goblin, and Cannon Pink split by 90° on the color wheel. #8a6f44 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. Nutty Brown tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#445f8a) and two others. The Viridian is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Cannon Pink – 120° from the complementary East Bay. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #448a6f and #8a445e.
In a RGB color space, hex #8a6f44 is made of 44% red, 35% green and 21% blue. In a HSL mode Nutty Brown has a hue angle of 36.86°, a saturation of 33.98% and a lightness of 40.39%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #8a6f44 is made of 0% cyan, 10.59% magenta, 27.45% yellow and 45.88% black ink.
| HEX | #8a6f44 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(138,111,68) |
| RGB Percentage | 44%, 35%, 21% |
| CMYK | 0, 10.59, 27.45, 45.88 |
| HSL | hsl(36.86,33.98%,40.39%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(36.86,50.72%,54.12%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(48.4979,4.8547,27.8582) |
| XYZ | xyz(17.2091,17.1895,7.8797) |