Rookwood Amber Color

#c08650

Rookwood Amber 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 #3f79af
Complementary Color #5089c0
Color Shade: warm red (28.93° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 53.33% (better contrasting with white)
Rookwood Amber Color Sample
Rookwood Amber Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #c08650

If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Rookwood Amber Color. The Smoldering Copper color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid red bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Thanksgiving (#b56e4a) for more calm effect. Try Desert Clay as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#5089c0 is the best complementary color to Rookwood Amber. 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 #c08650 complementary color is Steel Blue, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

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 #c05051 and #c0be50. Thus found on the left and right of #c08650 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Fuzzy Wuzzy Brown and Celery colors as they work well with Rookwood Amber.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Rookwood Amber palette consists of #5051c0 and #50c0be colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#5089c0). Try Indigo and Fountain Blue colors in combination with #c08650, 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 #c08650 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 Rookwood Amber. Thus Fuchsia Blue and Emerald giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Rookwood Amber contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Steel Blue, Apple, and Amethyst split by 90° on the color wheel. #c08650 square combo is a palette of warm red, warm green, cool cyan and cool 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. Rookwood Amber tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#5089c0) and two others. The Emerald is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Mulberry – 120° from the complementary Steel Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #50c086 and #c05089.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #c08650 is made of 47% red, 33% green and 20% blue. In a HSL mode Rookwood Amber has a hue angle of 28.93°, a saturation of 47.06% and a lightness of 53.33%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #c08650 is made of 0% cyan, 22.74% magenta, 43.92% yellow and 24.71% black ink.

HEX #c08650
RGB Decimal rgb(192,134,80)
RGB Percentage 47%, 33%, 20%
CMYK 0, 22.74, 43.92, 24.71
HSL hsl(28.93,47.06%,53.33%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(28.93,58.33%,75.29%)
CIE-LAB lab(60.6365,16.4566,37.6373)
XYZ xyz(31.7113,28.8358,11.4839)
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