Windsor Brown Color

#a75502

Windsor Brown is vibrant, 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 #58aafd
Complementary Color #0153a7
Color Shade: orange (30.18° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 33.14% (better contrasting with white)
Windsor Brown Color Sample
Windsor Brown Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #a75502

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Windsor Brown Color. The Rusty Orange color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Indochine (#c26b03) for more calm effect. Try Dried Mustard as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#0153a7 is the best complementary color to Windsor 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 #a75502 complementary color is Endeavour, 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 Chelsea Gem are #a70201 and #a6a701. Thus found on the left and right of #a75502 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Bright Red and Buddha Gold colors as they work well with Windsor Brown.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Windsor Brown palette consists of #0201a7 and #01a6a7 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#0153a7). Try Dark Blue and Persian Green colors in combination with #a75502, 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 #a75502 offers a combination of warm blue and green cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Windsor Brown. Thus Purple and Green Haze giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Windsor Brown contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Endeavour, Japanese Laurel, and Flirt split by 90° on the color wheel. #a75502 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. Windsor Brown tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#0153a7) and two others. The Green Haze is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Lipstick – 120° from the complementary Endeavour. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #01a755 and #a70153.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #a75502 is made of 66% red, 33% green and 1% blue. In a HSL mode Windsor Brown has a hue angle of 30.18°, a saturation of 97.63% and a lightness of 33.14%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #a75502 is made of 0% cyan, 32.16% magenta, 64.71% yellow and 34.51% black ink.

HEX #a75502
RGB Decimal rgb(167,85,2)
RGB Percentage 66%, 33%, 1%
CMYK 0, 32.16, 64.71, 34.51
HSL hsl(30.18,97.63%,33.14%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(30.18,98.8%,65.49%)
CIE-LAB lab(45.2439,29.3719,53.8422)
XYZ xyz(19.1958,14.7169,1.8863)
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