Brik Dough Color

#dab77f

Brik Dough is pale, 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 #254880
Complementary Color #7fa1da
Color Shade: orange (36.92° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 67.65% (better contrasting with white)
Brik Dough Color Sample
Brik Dough Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #dab77f

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Brik Dough Color. The Leaf Yellow color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Ritzy (#d79c5f) for more energetic effect. Try Gratin Dauphinois as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#7fa1da is the best complementary color to Brik Dough. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #dab77f complementary color is Chetwode 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 Tumbleweed are #da897f and #cfda7f. Thus found on the left and right of #dab77f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching New York Pink and Yellow Green colors as they work well with Brik Dough.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Brik Dough palette consists of #897fda and #7fcfda colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#7fa1da). Try Chetwode Blue and Bermuda colors in combination with #dab77f, 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 #dab77f 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 Brik Dough. Thus Lavender and Bermuda giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Brik Dough contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Chetwode Blue, Pastel Green, and Orchid split by 90° on the color wheel. #dab77f 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. Brik Dough tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#7fa1da) and two others. The Bermuda is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Charm – 120° from the complementary Chetwode Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #7fdab7 and #da7fa1.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #dab77f is made of 41% red, 35% green and 24% blue. In a HSL mode Brik Dough has a hue angle of 36.92°, a saturation of 55.15% and a lightness of 67.65%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #dab77f is made of 0% cyan, 13.73% magenta, 35.69% yellow and 14.51% black ink.

HEX #dab77f
RGB Decimal rgb(218,183,127)
RGB Percentage 41%, 35%, 24%
CMYK 0, 13.73, 35.69, 14.51
HSL hsl(36.92,55.15%,67.65%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(36.92,41.74%,85.49%)
CIE-LAB lab(76.2559,5.1034,33.1479)
XYZ xyz(49.6777,50.3047,27.1702)
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