Thanksgiving Color

#b56e4a

Thanksgiving is calm, 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 #4a91b5
Complementary Color #4990b5
Color Shade: warm red (20.19° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 50% (better contrasting with white)
Thanksgiving Color Sample
Thanksgiving Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #b56e4a

If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Thanksgiving Color. The Rookwood Amber 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 Syrup (#b18867) for more calm effect. Try Rookwood Terra Cotta as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#4990b5 is the best complementary color to Thanksgiving. 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 #b56e4a complementary color is Steel 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 Santa Fe are #b5495b and #b5a349. Thus found on the left and right of #b56e4a on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Hippie Pink and Husk colors as they work well with Thanksgiving.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Thanksgiving palette consists of #495bb5 and #49b5a3 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#4990b5). Try San Marino and Puerto Rico colors in combination with #b56e4a, 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 #b56e4a 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 Thanksgiving. Thus Studio and Ocean Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Thanksgiving contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Steel Blue, Apple, and Studio split by 90° on the color wheel. #b56e4a 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. Thanksgiving tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#4990b5) and two others. The Ocean Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Mulberry – 120° from the complementary Steel Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #49b56e and #b54990.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #b56e4a is made of 50% red, 30% green and 20% blue. In a HSL mode Thanksgiving has a hue angle of 20.19°, a saturation of 41.96% and a lightness of 50%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #b56e4a is made of 0% cyan, 27.84% magenta, 41.96% yellow and 29.02% black ink.

HEX #b56e4a
RGB Decimal rgb(181,110,74)
RGB Percentage 50%, 30%, 20%
CMYK 0, 27.84, 41.96, 29.02
HSL hsl(20.19,41.96%,50%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(20.19,59.12%,70.98%)
CIE-LAB lab(53.4601,24.6277,31.8088)
XYZ xyz(25.868,21.47,9.2593)
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