Walnut Shell Brown Color

#a68b6e

Walnut Shell Brown 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 #597491
Complementary Color #6e89a6
Color Shade: orange (31.07° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 54.12% (better contrasting with white)
Walnut Shell Brown Color Sample
Walnut Shell Brown Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #a68b6e

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Walnut Shell Brown Color. The Cavern Sand color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Nuthatch (#8e725f) for more calm effect. Try Safari Vest as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#6e89a6 is the best complementary color to Walnut Shell 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 #a68b6e 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 Sandal are #a66e6e and #a5a66e. Thus found on the left and right of #a68b6e on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Coral Tree and Green Smoke colors as they work well with Walnut Shell Brown.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Walnut Shell Brown palette consists of #6f6ea6 and #6ea5a6 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#6e89a6). Try Kimberly and Gumbo colors in combination with #a68b6e, 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 #a68b6e 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 Walnut Shell Brown. Thus Deluge and Bay Leaf giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Walnut Shell Brown contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Bermuda Gray, Aqua Forest, and Bouquet split by 90° on the color wheel. #a68b6e 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. Walnut Shell Brown tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#6e89a6) and two others. The Bay Leaf 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 #6ea68b and #a66e89.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #a68b6e is made of 40% red, 33% green and 27% blue. In a HSL mode Walnut Shell Brown has a hue angle of 31.07°, a saturation of 23.93% and a lightness of 54.12%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #a68b6e is made of 0% cyan, 10.59% magenta, 21.96% yellow and 34.9% black ink.

HEX #a68b6e
RGB Decimal rgb(166,139,110)
RGB Percentage 40%, 33%, 27%
CMYK 0, 10.59, 21.96, 34.9
HSL hsl(31.07,23.93%,54.12%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(31.07,33.73%,65.1%)
CIE-LAB lab(59.6149,5.8646,19.3302)
XYZ xyz(27.773,27.698,18.6343)
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