Pecan Brown Color

#a36e51

Pecan Brown is calm, 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 #5c91ae
Complementary Color #5185a3
Color Shade: warm red (21.22° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 47.84% (better contrasting with white)
Pecan Brown Color Sample
Pecan Brown Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #a36e51

If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Pecan Brown Color. The Wooden Swing 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 saturated alternative called Sōdenkaracha Brown (#9b533f) for more energetic effect. Try Macaroon as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#5185a3 is the best complementary color to Pecan Brown. 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 #a36e51 complementary color is Wedgewood, 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 Santa Fe are #a3515c and #a39751. Thus found on the left and right of #a36e51 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Matrix and Limed Oak colors as they work well with Pecan Brown.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Pecan Brown palette consists of #515ca3 and #51a396 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#5185a3). Try Waikawa Gray and Breaker Bay colors in combination with #a36e51, 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 #a36e51 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 Pecan Brown. Thus Butterfly Bush and Fruit Salad giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Pecan Brown contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Wedgewood, Fruit Salad, and Affair split by 90° on the color wheel. #a36e51 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. Pecan Brown tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#5185a3) and two others. The Fruit Salad is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Tapestry – 120° from the complementary Wedgewood. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #51a36e and #a35185.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #a36e51 is made of 46% red, 31% green and 23% blue. In a HSL mode Pecan Brown has a hue angle of 21.22°, a saturation of 33.61% and a lightness of 47.84%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #a36e51 is made of 0% cyan, 20.78% magenta, 32.16% yellow and 36.08% black ink.

HEX #a36e51
RGB Decimal rgb(163,110,81)
RGB Percentage 46%, 31%, 23%
CMYK 0, 20.78, 32.16, 36.08
HSL hsl(21.22,33.61%,47.84%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(21.22,50.31%,63.92%)
CIE-LAB lab(51.3044,17.6571,24.659)
XYZ xyz(22.1654,19.5325,10.3865)
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