Heavy Goldbrown Color

#baab74

Heavy Goldbrown is pale, warm-toned shade of warm yellow. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool blue, warm magenta or warm cyan

Inverse Color #45548b
Complementary Color #7383ba
Color Shade: warm yellow (47.14° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 59.22% (better contrasting with white)
Heavy Goldbrown Color Sample
Heavy Goldbrown Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #baab74

If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Heavy Goldbrown Color. The Golden Egg color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a orange bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Peristyle Brass (#ae905e) for more calm effect. Try Rattan as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#7383ba is the best complementary color to Heavy Goldbrown. Cool blue shades generally complement the warm yellow hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #baab74 complementary color is Ship Cove, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm red, warm yellow, and cool yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Gimblet are #ba8873 and #a6ba73. Thus found on the left and right of #baab74 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Old Rose and Olivine colors as they work well with Heavy Goldbrown.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Heavy Goldbrown palette consists of #8773ba and #73a6ba colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#7383ba). Try Purple Mountain's Majesty and Neptune colors in combination with #baab74, 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 #baab74 offers a combination of cool magenta and warm cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Heavy Goldbrown. Thus Wisteria and Neptune giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Heavy Goldbrown contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Ship Cove, Silver Tree, and Bouquet split by 90° on the color wheel. #baab74 square combo is a palette of warm yellow, cool green, cool blue and warm 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. Heavy Goldbrown tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#7383ba) and two others. The Neptune is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Turkish Rose – 120° from the complementary Ship Cove. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #73baab and #ba7383.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #baab74 is made of 39% red, 36% green and 25% blue. In a HSL mode Heavy Goldbrown has a hue angle of 47.14°, a saturation of 33.65% and a lightness of 59.22%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #baab74 is made of 0% cyan, 5.88% magenta, 27.45% yellow and 27.06% black ink.

HEX #baab74
RGB Decimal rgb(186,171,116)
RGB Percentage 39%, 36%, 25%
CMYK 0, 5.88, 27.45, 27.06
HSL hsl(47.14,33.65%,59.22%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(47.14,37.63%,72.94%)
CIE-LAB lab(70.0538,-2.6921,30.2984)
XYZ xyz(37.965,40.8259,22.4022)
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