Necrophilic Brown Color

#dead69

Necrophilic Brown 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 #215296
Complementary Color #689ade
Color Shade: orange (34.87° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 64.12% (better contrasting with white)
Necrophilic Brown Color Sample
Necrophilic Brown Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #dead69

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Necrophilic Brown Color. The Putty color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Lol Yellow (#e7cd8b) for more energetic effect. Try Honey Fungus as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#689ade is the best complementary color to Necrophilic Brown. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #dead69 complementary color is Havelock 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 Harvest Gold are #de7268 and #d4de68. Thus found on the left and right of #dead69 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Sunglo and Chenin colors as they work well with Necrophilic Brown.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Necrophilic Brown palette consists of #7268de and #68d4de colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#689ade). Try Medium Purple and Viking colors in combination with #dead69, 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 #dead69 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 Necrophilic Brown. Thus Medium Purple and Bermuda giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Necrophilic Brown contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Havelock Blue, Pastel Green, and Orchid split by 90° on the color wheel. #dead69 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. Necrophilic Brown tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#689ade) and two others. The Bermuda is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Deep Blush – 120° from the complementary Havelock Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #68dead and #de689a.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #dead69 is made of 44% red, 35% green and 21% blue. In a HSL mode Necrophilic Brown has a hue angle of 34.87°, a saturation of 63.93% and a lightness of 64.12%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #dead69 is made of 0% cyan, 19.22% magenta, 45.88% yellow and 12.94% black ink.

HEX #dead69
RGB Decimal rgb(222,173,105)
RGB Percentage 44%, 35%, 21%
CMYK 0, 19.22, 45.88, 12.94
HSL hsl(34.87,63.93%,64.12%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(34.87,52.7%,87.06%)
CIE-LAB lab(73.828,9.9224,41.5322)
XYZ xyz(47.6176,46.4367,19.8181)
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