Buff Leather 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 | #58c |
| Complementary Color | #3365aa |
| Color Shade: | orange (34.29° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 43.33% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Buff Leather Color. The Warm Cream Spirit color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Narcissus (#c39449) for more calm effect. Try Wheat Beer as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#3365aa is the best complementary color to Buff Leather. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #a73 complementary color is Azure, 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 #aa3b33 and #a1aa33. Thus found on the left and right of #a73 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Medium Carmine and Sushi colors as they work well with Buff Leather.
The split-complementary Buff Leather palette consists of #3b33aa and #33a1aa colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#3365aa). Try Governor Bay and Keppel colors in combination with #a73, 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 #a73 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 Buff Leather. Thus Royal Purple and White giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Buff Leather contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Azure, Apple, and Medium Red Violet split by 90° on the color wheel. #a73 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. Buff Leather tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#3365aa) and two others. The White is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Royal Heath – 120° from the complementary Azure. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #3a7 and #aa3365.
In a RGB color space, hex #aa7733 is made of 50% red, 35% green and 15% blue. In a HSL mode Buff Leather has a hue angle of 34.29°, a saturation of 53.85% and a lightness of 43.33%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #aa7733 is made of 0% cyan, 20% magenta, 46.67% yellow and 33.33% black ink.
| HEX | #aa7733 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(170,119,51) |
| RGB Percentage | 50%, 35%, 15% |
| CMYK | 0, 20, 46.67, 33.33 |
| HSL | hsl(34.29,53.85%,43.33%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(34.29,70%,66.67%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(54.0044,13.2821,44.0801) |
| XYZ | xyz(23.7719,21.9787,6.1214) |