Light Oak Brown Color

#af855c

Light Oak Brown is pale, warm-toned shade of warm red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with blue cyan, cool magenta or cool green

Inverse Color #507aa3
Complementary Color #5c85af
Color Shade: warm red (29.64° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 52.35% (better contrasting with white)
Light Oak Brown Color Sample
Light Oak Brown Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #af855c

If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Light Oak Brown Color. The Buffalo Hide color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid red bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Leather Bound (#916e52) for more calm effect. Try Craft Brown as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#5c85af is the best complementary color to Light Oak Brown. Blue cyan shades generally complement the warm red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #af855c complementary color is Hippie Blue, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid red, warm red, and warm yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Limed Oak are #af5c5c and #afae5c. Thus found on the left and right of #af855c on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Matrix and Olive Green colors as they work well with Light Oak Brown.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Light Oak Brown palette consists of #5c5caf and #5cafae colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#5c85af). Try Blue Violet and Tradewind colors in combination with #af855c, 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 #af855c 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 Light Oak Brown. Thus Deluge and Silver Tree giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Light Oak Brown contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Hippie Blue, Fern, and Wisteria split by 90° on the color wheel. #af855c square combo is a palette of warm red, warm green, blue 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. Light Oak Brown tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#5c85af) and two others. The Silver Tree is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Tapestry – 120° from the complementary Hippie Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #5caf85 and #af5c85.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #af855c is made of 44% red, 33% green and 23% blue. In a HSL mode Light Oak Brown has a hue angle of 29.64°, a saturation of 34.16% and a lightness of 52.35%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #af855c is made of 0% cyan, 16.47% magenta, 32.55% yellow and 31.37% black ink.

HEX #af855c
RGB Decimal rgb(175,133,92)
RGB Percentage 44%, 33%, 23%
CMYK 0, 16.47, 32.55, 31.37
HSL hsl(29.64,34.16%,52.35%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(29.64,47.43%,68.63%)
CIE-LAB lab(58.6599,10.8768,28.272)
XYZ xyz(27.9985,26.6617,13.7958)
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