Rice Curry Color

#b2854a

Rice Curry 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 #4d7ab5
Complementary Color #4a76b2
Color Shade: orange (34.04° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 49.41% (better contrasting with white)
Rice Curry Color Sample
Rice Curry Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #b2854a

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Rice Curry Color. The Ginger Dough color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Bengal Grass (#8e773f) for more calm effect. Try Gold Spike as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#4a76b2 is the best complementary color to Rice Curry. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #b2854a 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 Driftwood are #b2514a and #abb24a. Thus found on the left and right of #b2854a on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Chestnut and Olive Green colors as they work well with Rice Curry.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Rice Curry palette consists of #514ab2 and #4aaab2 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#4a76b2). Try Blue Violet and Fountain Blue colors in combination with #b2854a, 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 #b2854a 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 Rice Curry. Thus Studio and Ocean Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Rice Curry contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary San Marino, Chateau Green, and Fuchsia Pink split by 90° on the color wheel. #b2854a 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. Rice Curry tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#4a76b2) and two others. The Ocean Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Cadillac – 120° from the complementary San Marino. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #4ab285 and #b24a76.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #b2854a is made of 46% red, 35% green and 19% blue. In a HSL mode Rice Curry has a hue angle of 34.04°, a saturation of 41.27% and a lightness of 49.41%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #b2854a is made of 0% cyan, 17.64% magenta, 40.78% yellow and 30.2% black ink.

HEX #b2854a
RGB Decimal rgb(178,133,74)
RGB Percentage 46%, 35%, 19%
CMYK 0, 17.64, 40.78, 30.2
HSL hsl(34.04,41.27%,49.41%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(34.04,58.43%,69.8%)
CIE-LAB lab(58.7277,10.5257,38.1152)
XYZ xyz(27.9837,26.7344,10.1639)
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