Mango Brown Color

#bb8434

Mango Brown is soft, 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 #447bcb
Complementary Color #346aba
Color Shade: orange (35.56° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 46.86% (better contrasting with white)
Mango Brown Color Sample
Mango Brown Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #bb8434

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Mango Brown Color. The Golden Field color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Clay Brown (#b2713d) for more calm effect. Try Gold Taffeta as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#346aba is the best complementary color to Mango Brown. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #bb8434 complementary color is Azure, 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 Copper are #ba4034 and #aeba34. Thus found on the left and right of #bb8434 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Mojo and Earls Green colors as they work well with Mango Brown.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Mango Brown palette consists of #4034ba and #34aeba colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#346aba). Try Governor Bay and Pelorous colors in combination with #bb8434, 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 #bb8434 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 Mango Brown. Thus Purple Heart and Shamrock giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Mango Brown contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Azure, Apple, and Medium Red Violet split by 90° on the color wheel. #bb8434 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. Mango Brown tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#346aba) and two others. The Shamrock is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Hibiscus – 120° from the complementary Azure. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #34ba84 and #ba346a.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #bb8434 is made of 50% red, 36% green and 14% blue. In a HSL mode Mango Brown has a hue angle of 35.56°, a saturation of 56.49% and a lightness of 46.86%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #bb8434 is made of 0% cyan, 21.57% magenta, 52.94% yellow and 26.67% black ink.

HEX #bb8434
RGB Decimal rgb(187,132,52)
RGB Percentage 50%, 36%, 14%
CMYK 0, 21.57, 52.94, 26.67
HSL hsl(35.56,56.49%,46.86%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(35.56,72.19%,73.33%)
CIE-LAB lab(59.265,13.5938,49.7482)
XYZ xyz(29.3646,27.3153,6.9735)
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