Nouveau-Riche Color

#ffbb77

Nouveau-Riche is calm, warm-toned shade of warm red. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with blue cyan, mid magenta or cool green

Inverse Color #048
Complementary Color #77baff
Color Shade: warm red (30° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 73.33% (better contrasting with black)
Nouveau-Riche Color Sample
Nouveau-Riche Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #ffbb77

If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Nouveau-Riche Color. The Young Tangerine color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid red bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Evening Glow (#fdd792) for more calm effect. Try Orange Chalk as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#77baff is the best complementary color to Nouveau-Riche. Blue cyan shades generally complement the warm red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #fb7 complementary color is Malibu, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid red, warm red, and mid yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of White are #f77 and #feff77. Thus found on the left and right of #fb7 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching White and Paris Daisy colors as they work well with Nouveau-Riche.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Nouveau-Riche palette consists of #77f and #77feff colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#77baff). Try White and Aquamarine colors in combination with #fb7, 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 #fb7 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 Nouveau-Riche. Thus Heliotrope and White giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Nouveau-Riche contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Malibu, White, and Blush Pink split by 90° on the color wheel. #fb7 square combo is a palette of warm red, warm 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. Nouveau-Riche tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#77baff) and two others. The White is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and White – 120° from the complementary Malibu. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #7fb and #f7b.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #ffbb77 is made of 45% red, 33% green and 21% blue. In a HSL mode Nouveau-Riche has a hue angle of 30°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 73.33%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ffbb77 is made of 0% cyan, 26.67% magenta, 53.33% yellow and 0% black ink.

HEX #ffbb77
RGB Decimal rgb(255,187,119)
RGB Percentage 45%, 33%, 21%
CMYK 0, 26.67, 53.33, 0
HSL hsl(30,100%,73.33%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(30,53.33%,100%)
CIE-LAB lab(80.8124,17.1282,43.8198)
XYZ xyz(62.3401,58.1326,25.3878)
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