Orpington Chicken is calm, 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 | #417aa1 |
| Complementary Color | #5e96be |
| Color Shade: | warm red (24.38° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 55.69% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Orpington Chicken Color. The Porcini color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid red bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Reynard (#b46848) for more energetic effect. Try Real Cork as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#5e96be is the best complementary color to Orpington Chicken. 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 #be855e complementary color is Hippie Blue, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of cool red, warm red, and warm yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Twine are #be5e66 and #beb45e. Thus found on the left and right of #be855e on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Contessa and Celery colors as they work well with Orpington Chicken.
The split-complementary Orpington Chicken palette consists of #5e67be and #5ebeb5 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#5e96be). Try Blue Violet and Fountain Blue colors in combination with #be855e, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.
The triadic palette of #be855e 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 Orpington Chicken. Thus Fuchsia Blue and Silver Tree giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Orpington Chicken contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Hippie Blue, Mantis, and Amethyst split by 90° on the color wheel. #be855e square combo is a palette of warm red, warm green, cool cyan and cool magenta shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Orpington Chicken tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#5e96be) and two others. The Silver Tree is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Mulberry – 120° from the complementary Hippie Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #5ebe85 and #be5e97.
In a RGB color space, hex #be855e is made of 46% red, 32% green and 23% blue. In a HSL mode Orpington Chicken has a hue angle of 24.38°, a saturation of 42.48% and a lightness of 55.69%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #be855e is made of 0% cyan, 22.35% magenta, 37.65% yellow and 25.49% black ink.
| HEX | #be855e |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(190,133,94) |
| RGB Percentage | 46%, 32%, 23% |
| CMYK | 0, 22.35, 37.65, 25.49 |
| HSL | hsl(24.38,42.48%,55.69%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(24.38,50.53%,74.51%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(60.3649,17.3785,29.6981) |
| XYZ | xyz(31.6431,28.5304,14.4288) |