Bone Brown Color

#9d7446

Bone 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 #628bb9
Complementary Color #466f9d
Color Shade: orange (31.72° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 44.51% (better contrasting with white)
Bone Brown Color Sample
Bone Brown Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #9d7446

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Bone Brown Color. The Monarch Migration color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Maple View (#b49161) for more calm effect. Try Peristyle Brass as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#466f9d is the best complementary color to Bone 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 #9d7446 complementary color is San Marino, 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 Cape Palliser are #9d4846 and #9a9d46. Thus found on the left and right of #9d7446 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Copper Rust and Sycamore colors as they work well with Bone Brown.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Bone Brown palette consists of #48469d and #469a9d colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#466f9d). Try Victoria and Wedgewood colors in combination with #9d7446, 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 #9d7446 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 Bone Brown. Thus Affair and Ocean Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Bone Brown contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary San Marino, Fruit Salad, and Tapestry split by 90° on the color wheel. #9d7446 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. Bone Brown tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#466f9d) and two others. The Ocean Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Vin Rouge – 120° from the complementary San Marino. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #469d74 and #9d466e.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #9d7446 is made of 46% red, 34% green and 20% blue. In a HSL mode Bone Brown has a hue angle of 31.72°, a saturation of 38.33% and a lightness of 44.51%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #9d7446 is made of 0% cyan, 16.08% magenta, 34.12% yellow and 38.43% black ink.

HEX #9d7446
RGB Decimal rgb(157,116,70)
RGB Percentage 46%, 34%, 20%
CMYK 0, 16.08, 34.12, 38.43
HSL hsl(31.72,38.33%,44.51%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(31.72,55.41%,61.57%)
CIE-LAB lab(51.9513,10.5988,31.4999)
XYZ xyz(21.2555,20.1011,8.554)
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