Brandy Bear Color

#aa5412

Brandy Bear is soft, 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 #55abed
Complementary Color #1167aa
Color Shade: warm red (26.05° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 36.86% (better contrasting with white)
Brandy Bear Color Sample
Brandy Bear Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #aa5412

If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Brandy Bear Color. The Sinopia color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid red bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Brusque Brown (#cc6611) for more energetic effect. Try Syrah Soil as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#1167aa is the best complementary color to Brandy Bear. 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 #aa5412 complementary color is Tory Blue, 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 Fiery Orange are #aa111b and #aa9f11. Thus found on the left and right of #aa5412 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Tamarillo and Sahara colors as they work well with Brandy Bear.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Brandy Bear palette consists of #111baa and #11aaa0 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#1167aa). Try Torea Bay and Mountain Meadow colors in combination with #aa5412, 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 #aa5412 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 Brandy Bear. Thus Blue Gem and Salem giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Brandy Bear contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Tory Blue, La Palma, and Seance split by 90° on the color wheel. #aa5412 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. Brandy Bear tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#1167aa) and two others. The Salem is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Jazzberry Jam – 120° from the complementary Tory Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #11aa53 and #aa1168.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #aa5412 is made of 63% red, 31% green and 7% blue. In a HSL mode Brandy Bear has a hue angle of 26.05°, a saturation of 80.85% and a lightness of 36.86%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #aa5412 is made of 0% cyan, 33.73% magenta, 59.61% yellow and 33.33% black ink.

HEX #aa5412
RGB Decimal rgb(170,84,18)
RGB Percentage 63%, 31%, 7%
CMYK 0, 33.73, 59.61, 33.33
HSL hsl(26.05,80.85%,36.86%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(26.05,89.41%,66.67%)
CIE-LAB lab(45.5387,31.4321,49.9661)
XYZ xyz(19.8571,14.9304,2.4075)
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