Light Brown Color

#b5651d

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

Inverse Color #4a9ae2
Complementary Color #1c6cb5
Color Shade: warm red (28.42° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 41.18% (better contrasting with white)
Light Brown Color Sample
Light Brown Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #b5651d

If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Light Brown Color. The Hot Hazel color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid red bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Weapon Bronze (#b47b27) for more calm effect. Try Yamabukicha Gold as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#1c6cb5 is the best complementary color to Light Brown. Cool cyan shades generally complement the warm red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #b5651d complementary color is Fun Blue, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool red, warm red, and warm yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Bourbon are #b51c20 and #b5b11c. Thus found on the left and right of #b5651d on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Thunderbird and Lucky colors as they work well with Light Brown.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Light Brown palette consists of #1c20b5 and #1cb5b1 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#1c6cb5). Try Persian Blue and Java colors in combination with #b5651d, 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 #b5651d 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 Brown. Thus Purple Heart and Mountain Meadow giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Light Brown contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Fun Blue, La Palma, and Seance split by 90° on the color wheel. #b5651d square combo is a palette of warm red, warm green, cool 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 Brown tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#1c6cb5) and two others. The Mountain Meadow is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Red Violet – 120° from the complementary Fun Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #1cb565 and #b51c6c.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #b5651d is made of 58% red, 32% green and 9% blue. In a HSL mode Light Brown has a hue angle of 28.42°, a saturation of 72.38% and a lightness of 41.18%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #b5651d is made of 0% cyan, 31.37% magenta, 59.61% yellow and 29.02% black ink.

HEX #b5651d
RGB Decimal rgb(181,101,29)
RGB Percentage 58%, 32%, 9%
CMYK 0, 31.37, 59.61, 29.02
HSL hsl(28.42,72.38%,41.18%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(28.42,83.98%,70.98%)
CIE-LAB lab(50.9434,27.1794,51.1637)
XYZ xyz(23.9315,19.2198,3.6109)
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