Arrowwood Color

#bc8d1f

Arrowwood 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 #4372e0
Complementary Color #1f4dbc
Color Shade: orange (42.04° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 42.94% (better contrasting with white)
Arrowwood Color Sample
Arrowwood Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #bc8d1f

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Arrowwood Color. The Yamabukicha Gold color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Milvus Milvus Orange (#bb7722) for more calm effect. Try Pickle Juice as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#1f4dbc is the best complementary color to Arrowwood. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #bc8d1f complementary color is Persian Blue, 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 Nugget are #bc3e1f and #9cbc1f. Thus found on the left and right of #bc8d1f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Thunderbird and Citron colors as they work well with Arrowwood.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Arrowwood palette consists of #3e1fbc and #1f9cbc colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#1f4dbc). Try Persian Blue and Eastern Blue colors in combination with #bc8d1f, 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 #bc8d1f 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 Arrowwood. Thus Purple Heart and Mountain Meadow giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Arrowwood contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Persian Blue, Forest Green, and Red Violet split by 90° on the color wheel. #bc8d1f 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. Arrowwood tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#1f4dbc) and two others. The Mountain Meadow is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Maroon Flush – 120° from the complementary Persian Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #1fbc8c and #bc1f4d.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #bc8d1f is made of 52% red, 39% green and 9% blue. In a HSL mode Arrowwood has a hue angle of 42.04°, a saturation of 71.69% and a lightness of 42.94%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #bc8d1f is made of 0% cyan, 18.44% magenta, 61.57% yellow and 26.27% black ink.

HEX #bc8d1f
RGB Decimal rgb(188,141,31)
RGB Percentage 52%, 39%, 9%
CMYK 0, 18.44, 61.57, 26.27
HSL hsl(42.04,71.69%,42.94%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(42.04,83.51%,73.73%)
CIE-LAB lab(61.516,8.2348,59.9506)
XYZ xyz(30.5112,29.84,5.4479)
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