Brown Rum Color

#bc9b4e

Brown Rum is calm, 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 #4364b1
Complementary Color #4e6ebc
Color Shade: orange (42° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 52.16% (better contrasting with white)
Brown Rum Color Sample
Brown Rum Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #bc9b4e

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Brown Rum Color. The Rare Find color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Back to School (#c1853b) for more energetic effect. Try Gilded Gold as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#4e6ebc is the best complementary color to Brown Rum. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #bc9b4e complementary color is Indigo, 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 Twine are #bc634e and #a5bc4e. Thus found on the left and right of #bc9b4e on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Chestnut and Celery colors as they work well with Brown Rum.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Brown Rum palette consists of #634ebc and #4ea5bc colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#4e6ebc). Try Blue Violet and Fountain Blue colors in combination with #bc9b4e, 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 #bc9b4e 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 Brown Rum. Thus Fuchsia Blue and Puerto Rico giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Brown Rum contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Indigo, Chateau Green, and Fuchsia Pink split by 90° on the color wheel. #bc9b4e 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. Brown Rum tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#4e6ebc) and two others. The Puerto Rico is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Blush – 120° from the complementary Indigo. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #4ebc9b and #bc4e6e.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #bc9b4e is made of 45% red, 37% green and 19% blue. In a HSL mode Brown Rum has a hue angle of 42°, a saturation of 45.08% and a lightness of 52.16%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #bc9b4e is made of 0% cyan, 12.95% magenta, 43.14% yellow and 26.27% black ink.

HEX #bc9b4e
RGB Decimal rgb(188,155,78)
RGB Percentage 45%, 37%, 19%
CMYK 0, 12.95, 43.14, 26.27
HSL hsl(42,45.08%,52.16%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(42,58.51%,73.73%)
CIE-LAB lab(65.502,3.0612,44.3151)
XYZ xyz(33.8355,34.6841,12.1191)
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