Wood Thrush Color

#a47d43

Wood Thrush 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 #5b82bc
Complementary Color #436aa4
Color Shade: orange (35.88° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 45.29% (better contrasting with white)
Wood Thrush Color Sample
Wood Thrush Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #a47d43

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Wood Thrush Color. The Hot Ginger color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Roti (#b69642) for more energetic effect. Try Packing Paper as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#436aa4 is the best complementary color to Wood Thrush. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #a47d43 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 #a44c43 and #9aa443. Thus found on the left and right of #a47d43 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Apple Blossom and Sycamore colors as they work well with Wood Thrush.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Wood Thrush palette consists of #4c43a4 and #439aa4 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#436aa4). Try Gigas and Boston Blue colors in combination with #a47d43, 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 #a47d43 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 Wood Thrush. Thus Royal Purple and Ocean Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Wood Thrush contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary San Marino, Chateau Green, and Rouge split by 90° on the color wheel. #a47d43 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. Wood Thrush tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#436aa4) and two others. The Ocean Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Hippie Pink – 120° from the complementary San Marino. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #43a47d and #a44369.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #a47d43 is made of 46% red, 35% green and 19% blue. In a HSL mode Wood Thrush has a hue angle of 35.88°, a saturation of 41.99% and a lightness of 45.29%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #a47d43 is made of 0% cyan, 15.29% magenta, 38.04% yellow and 35.69% black ink.

HEX #a47d43
RGB Decimal rgb(164,125,67)
RGB Percentage 46%, 35%, 19%
CMYK 0, 15.29, 38.04, 35.69
HSL hsl(35.88,41.99%,45.29%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(35.88,59.15%,64.31%)
CIE-LAB lab(55.0363,8.3241,37.0125)
XYZ xyz(23.6566,22.965,8.496)
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