Rokou 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 | #738fbd |
| Complementary Color | #415e8c |
| Color Shade: | orange (37.3° 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 Rokou Brown Color. The Shank 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 Exotic Life (#ae7543) for more energetic effect. Try Teak as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#415e8c is the best complementary color to Rokou 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 #8c7042 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 Cape Palliser are #8c4a41 and #838c41. Thus found on the left and right of #8c7042 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Ironstone and Sycamore colors as they work well with Rokou Brown.
The split-complementary Rokou Brown palette consists of #4a418c and #41838c colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#415e8c). Try Victoria and Ming colors in combination with #8c7042, 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 #8c7042 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 Rokou Brown. Thus Affair and Viridian giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Rokou Brown contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary East Bay, Goblin, and Cannon Pink split by 90° on the color wheel. #8c7042 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. Rokou Brown tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#415e8c) 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 #418c70 and #8c415d.
In a RGB color space, hex #8c7042 is made of 44% red, 35% green and 21% blue. In a HSL mode Rokou Brown has a hue angle of 37.3°, a saturation of 35.92% and a lightness of 40.39%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #8c7042 is made of 0% cyan, 10.98% magenta, 29.02% yellow and 45.1% black ink.
| HEX | #8c7042 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(140,112,66) |
| RGB Percentage | 44%, 35%, 21% |
| CMYK | 0, 10.98, 29.02, 45.1 |
| HSL | hsl(37.3,35.92%,40.39%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(37.3,52.86%,54.9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(48.9545,4.9736,29.5862) |
| XYZ | xyz(17.5928,17.5571,7.6159) |