Ancient Brandy 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 | #59e |
| Complementary Color | #1054aa |
| Color Shade: | orange (33.33° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 36.67% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Ancient Brandy Color. The Fiery 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 saturated alternative called Cinnamon (#d26911) for more energetic effect. Try Burnt Bagel as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#1054aa is the best complementary color to Ancient Brandy. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #a61 complementary color is Tory Blue, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
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 #aa1910 and #a1aa10. Thus found on the left and right of #a61 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Tabasco and Sahara colors as they work well with Ancient Brandy.
The split-complementary Ancient Brandy palette consists of #1910aa and #10a1aa colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#1054aa). Try Torea Bay and Blue Chill colors in combination with #a61, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.
The triadic palette of #a61 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 Ancient Brandy. Thus Purple and Mountain Meadow giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Ancient Brandy contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Tory Blue, La Palma, and Violet Eggplant split by 90° on the color wheel. #a61 square combo is a palette of orange, mid green, blue cyan and mid magenta shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Ancient Brandy tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#1054aa) and two others. The Mountain Meadow 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 #10aa66 and #aa1054.
In a RGB color space, hex #aa6611 is made of 59% red, 35% green and 6% blue. In a HSL mode Ancient Brandy has a hue angle of 33.33°, a saturation of 81.82% and a lightness of 36.67%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #aa6611 is made of 0% cyan, 26.67% magenta, 60% yellow and 33.33% black ink.
| HEX | #aa6611 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(170,102,17) |
| RGB Percentage | 59%, 35%, 6% |
| CMYK | 0, 26.67, 60, 33.33 |
| HSL | hsl(33.33,81.82%,36.67%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(33.33,90%,66.67%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(49.6042,21.5444,53.4352) |
| XYZ | xyz(21.4301,18.0893,2.8924) |