Maple Brown Sugar Color

#a38e6f

Maple Brown Sugar is pale, 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 #5c7190
Complementary Color #6f83a3
Color Shade: orange (35.77° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 53.73% (better contrasting with white)
Maple Brown Sugar Color Sample
Maple Brown Sugar Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #a38e6f

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Maple Brown Sugar Color. The Sepia Tint color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Sidesaddle (#a17858) for more energetic effect. Try Sage Green as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#6f83a3 is the best complementary color to Maple Brown Sugar. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #a38e6f complementary color is Bermuda Gray, 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 Donkey Brown are #a3746f and #9ea36f. Thus found on the left and right of #a38e6f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Coral Tree and Green Smoke colors as they work well with Maple Brown Sugar.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Maple Brown Sugar palette consists of #736fa3 and #6f9da3 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#6f83a3). Try Kimberly and Gothic colors in combination with #a38e6f, 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 #a38e6f 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 Maple Brown Sugar. Thus Trendy Pink and Patina giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Maple Brown Sugar contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Bermuda Gray, Amulet, and Bouquet split by 90° on the color wheel. #a38e6f 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. Maple Brown Sugar tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#6f83a3) and two others. The Patina is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Strikemaster – 120° from the complementary Bermuda Gray. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #6fa38e and #a36f83.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #a38e6f is made of 39% red, 34% green and 27% blue. In a HSL mode Maple Brown Sugar has a hue angle of 35.77°, a saturation of 22.03% and a lightness of 53.73%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #a38e6f is made of 0% cyan, 8.23% magenta, 20.39% yellow and 36.08% black ink.

HEX #a38e6f
RGB Decimal rgb(163,142,111)
RGB Percentage 39%, 34%, 27%
CMYK 0, 8.23, 20.39, 36.08
HSL hsl(35.77,22.03%,53.73%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(35.77,31.9%,63.92%)
CIE-LAB lab(60.1411,3.0924,19.4364)
XYZ xyz(27.6465,28.2802,19.0404)
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