Blonde Wood Color

#ab7741

Blonde Wood is calm, 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 #5488be
Complementary Color #4074ab
Color Shade: orange (30.57° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 46.27% (better contrasting with white)
Blonde Wood Color Sample
Blonde Wood Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #ab7741

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Blonde Wood Color. The Twine 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 Barley Corn (#b6935c) for more calm effect. Try Hampton Beach as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#4074ab is the best complementary color to Blonde Wood. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #ab7741 complementary color is San Marino, 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 Cape Palliser are #ab4140 and #aaab40. Thus found on the left and right of #ab7741 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Apple Blossom and Sushi colors as they work well with Blonde Wood.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Blonde Wood palette consists of #4140ab and #40a9ab colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#4074ab). Try Gigas and Keppel colors in combination with #ab7741, 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 #ab7741 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 Blonde Wood. Thus Royal Purple and Ocean Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Blonde Wood contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary San Marino, Apple, and Fuchsia Pink split by 90° on the color wheel. #ab7741 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. Blonde Wood tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#4074ab) and two others. The Ocean Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Rouge – 120° from the complementary San Marino. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #40ab77 and #ab4074.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #ab7741 is made of 48% red, 34% green and 18% blue. In a HSL mode Blonde Wood has a hue angle of 30.57°, a saturation of 44.92% and a lightness of 46.27%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ab7741 is made of 0% cyan, 20.39% magenta, 41.57% yellow and 32.94% black ink.

HEX #ab7741
RGB Decimal rgb(171,119,65)
RGB Percentage 48%, 34%, 18%
CMYK 0, 20.39, 41.57, 32.94
HSL hsl(30.57,44.92%,46.27%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(30.57,61.99%,67.06%)
CIE-LAB lab(54.2736,14.6355,37.3618)
XYZ xyz(24.3455,22.2332,8.0093)
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