Orange Wood Color

#b74923

Orange Wood is vibrant, 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 #48b6dc
Complementary Color #2390b7
Color Shade: warm red (15.41° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 42.75% (better contrasting with white)
Orange Wood Color Sample
Orange Wood Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #b74923

If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Orange Wood Color. The Firebird Tail Lights 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 Dwarven Bronze (#bf652e) for more calm effect. Try Winter Sunset as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#2390b7 is the best complementary color to Orange Wood. 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 #b74923 complementary color is Eastern 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 Desert are #b72346 and #b79323. Thus found on the left and right of #b74923 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Maroon Flush and Marigold colors as they work well with Orange Wood.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Orange Wood palette consists of #2346b7 and #23b793 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#2390b7). Try Cerulean Blue and Jungle Green colors in combination with #b74923, 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 #b74923 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 Orange Wood. Thus Purple Heart and Mountain Meadow giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Orange Wood contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Eastern Blue, Vida Loca, and Purple Heart split by 90° on the color wheel. #b74923 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. Orange Wood tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#2390b7) and two others. The Mountain Meadow is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Medium Red Violet – 120° from the complementary Eastern Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #23b749 and #b72390.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #b74923 is made of 63% red, 25% green and 12% blue. In a HSL mode Orange Wood has a hue angle of 15.41°, a saturation of 67.89% and a lightness of 42.75%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #b74923 is made of 0% cyan, 43.13% magenta, 58.03% yellow and 28.24% black ink.

HEX #b74923
RGB Decimal rgb(183,73,35)
RGB Percentage 63%, 25%, 12%
CMYK 0, 43.13, 58.03, 28.24
HSL hsl(15.41,67.89%,42.75%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(15.41,80.87%,71.76%)
CIE-LAB lab(45.5707,42.5978,43.7645)
XYZ xyz(22.2144,14.9537,3.3056)
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