Mountain Ash Color

#cc7700

Mountain Ash is vibrant, 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 #38f
Complementary Color #0054cc
Color Shade: orange (35° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 40% (better contrasting with white)
Mountain Ash Color Sample
Mountain Ash Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #cc7700

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Mountain Ash Color. The Exuberance 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 Festering Brown (#cb8e00) for more calm effect. Try Beige Red as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#0054cc is the best complementary color to Mountain Ash. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #c70 complementary color is Science 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 White are #cc1000 and #bc0. Thus found on the left and right of #c70 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Guardsman Red and White colors as they work well with Mountain Ash.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Mountain Ash palette consists of #1000cc and #0bc colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#0054cc). Try Dark Blue and White colors in combination with #c70, 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 #c70 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 Mountain Ash. Thus Purple and White giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Mountain Ash contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Science Blue, White, and White split by 90° on the color wheel. #c70 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. Mountain Ash tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#0054cc) and two others. The White is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Lipstick – 120° from the complementary Science Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #0c7 and #cc0054.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #cc7700 is made of 63% red, 37% green and 0% blue. In a HSL mode Mountain Ash has a hue angle of 35°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 40%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #cc7700 is made of 0% cyan, 33.33% magenta, 80% yellow and 20% black ink.

HEX #cc7700
RGB Decimal rgb(204,119,0)
RGB Percentage 63%, 37%, 0%
CMYK 0, 33.33, 80, 20
HSL hsl(35,100%,40%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(35,100%,80%)
CIE-LAB lab(58.0665,26.7573,64.9418)
XYZ xyz(31.4987,26.031,3.3643)
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