Seared Earth Color

#9a5633

Seared Earth is soft, warm-toned shade of warm red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool cyan, cool magenta or cool green

Inverse Color #65a9cc
Complementary Color #32769a
Color Shade: warm red (20.39° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 40.2% (better contrasting with white)
Seared Earth Color Sample
Seared Earth Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #9a5633

If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Seared Earth Color. The Thanksgiving color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid red bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Copper Canyon (#77422c) for more calm effect. Try Orange Rust as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#32769a is the best complementary color to Seared Earth. Cool cyan shades generally complement the warm red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #9a5633 complementary color is Astral, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool red, warm red, and warm yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Mule Fawn are #9a3243 and #9a8932. Thus found on the left and right of #9a5633 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Stiletto and Luxor Gold colors as they work well with Seared Earth.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Seared Earth palette consists of #32439a and #329a89 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#32769a). Try Sapphire and Lochinvar colors in combination with #9a5633, 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 #9a5633 offers a combination of warm blue and cool green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Seared Earth. Thus Gigas and Sea Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Seared Earth contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Astral, Apple, and Vivid Violet split by 90° on the color wheel. #9a5633 square combo is a palette of warm red, warm green, cool cyan and cool 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. Seared Earth tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#32769a) and two others. The Sea Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Royal Heath – 120° from the complementary Astral. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #329a56 and #9a3276.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #9a5633 is made of 53% red, 30% green and 18% blue. In a HSL mode Seared Earth has a hue angle of 20.39°, a saturation of 50.24% and a lightness of 40.2%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #9a5633 is made of 0% cyan, 26.66% magenta, 40.39% yellow and 39.61% black ink.

HEX #9a5633
RGB Decimal rgb(154,86,51)
RGB Percentage 53%, 30%, 18%
CMYK 0, 26.66, 40.39, 39.61
HSL hsl(20.39,50.24%,40.2%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(20.39,66.88%,60.39%)
CIE-LAB lab(43.8935,24.9354,32.2246)
XYZ xyz(17.2518,13.7646,4.8795)
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