Butter Fudge Color

#aa6600

Butter Fudge is soft, 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 #59f
Complementary Color #0043aa
Color Shade: orange (36° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 33.33% (better contrasting with white)
Butter Fudge Color Sample
Butter Fudge Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #aa6600

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Butter Fudge Color. The Pirate Gold 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 Brown Butter (#ac7c00) for more calm effect. Try Autumn Leaf Orange as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#0043aa is the best complementary color to Butter Fudge. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #a60 complementary color is Cobalt, 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 White are #a10 and #9a0. Thus found on the left and right of #a60 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching White and White colors as they work well with Butter Fudge.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Butter Fudge palette consists of #1000aa and #0098aa colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#0043aa). Try Dark Blue and Bondi Blue colors in combination with #a60, 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 #a60 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 Butter Fudge. Thus White and White giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Butter Fudge contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Cobalt, Japanese Laurel, and White split by 90° on the color wheel. #a60 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. Butter Fudge tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#0043aa) and two others. The White is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Lipstick – 120° from the complementary Cobalt. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #0a6 and #aa0043.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #aa6600 is made of 63% red, 38% green and 0% blue. In a HSL mode Butter Fudge has a hue angle of 36°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 33.33%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #aa6600 is made of 0% cyan, 26.67% magenta, 66.67% yellow and 33.33% black ink.

HEX #aa6600
RGB Decimal rgb(170,102,0)
RGB Percentage 63%, 38%, 0%
CMYK 0, 26.67, 66.67, 33.33
HSL hsl(36,100%,33.33%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(36,100%,66.67%)
CIE-LAB lab(49.5552,21.2757,57.2662)
XYZ xyz(21.3289,18.0488,2.3596)
;