Description and conversion results of color Brown Sugar

It is a pastel orange color having an approximate luminance of 53%. It has a hue value of 20° indicating that this is a warm color.

Some of the most similar colors to this color are French Beige, Tuscan Tan, Café Au Lait, Copper Red, Blast-off Bronze, Liver Chestnut, Copper, Liver (dogs), Copper Penny and Cedar Chest. A little below you will find the most similar RAL, Pantone and Sherwin-Williams colors too.

Conversion results

The following list contains the conversion results of color Brown Sugar to RGB, hexadecimal, HSL, HSV, Lab and XYZ colorspaces: each format represents the same color.

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Similar RAL, Pantone and Sherwin-Williams colors

The most important note: in real life paints might have a different shade compared to as they appear on your display. You shall always consult and double-check colors with a professional paint provider before you order.

The following list contains the nearest matching standard colors. The left hexagon is the reference, the right one is the matched color. For each color there is a link to our partner MyPerfectColor.com, where you can buy paints of the corresponding colors.

PANTONE and other Pantone, Inc. trademarks are the property of Pantone, Inc., Sherwin-Williams colors are property of The Sherwin-Williams Company.

Tints, shades and tones

Tints, shades and tones are generated from the base color by adding white, black and gray paint to it respectively. The process results a harmonic color scale.

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Tints

These are the color variants which are generated by adding white color to the base Brown Sugar color. This process results a scale from a pastel orange color to white. The warmness of the color remains the same as it gets brigther and brighter.

This color scale contains similar colors to Antique Brass, Copper (Crayola), Tan (Crayola), Raw Sienna, Tumbleweed, Desert Sand, Apricot, Unbleached Silk, Champagne Pink, Seashell, Linen and Isabelline.

Shades

These are the color variants which are generated by adding black color to the base Brown Sugar color. This process results a scale from a pastel orange color to black. The warmness of the color remains the same as it gets darker and darker.

This color scale contains similar colors to Tuscan Brown, Coffee, Fuzzy Wuzzy, Russet, Dark Liver (horses), Kobicha, Bistre, Old Burgundy, Café Noir, Black Coffee, Smoky Black, Black Chocolate, Eerie Black and Raisin Black.

Tones

These are the color variants which are generated by adding gray color to the base Brown Sugar color. This process results a scale from a pastel orange color to gray. The warmness of the color remains the same as it gets grayer and grayer.

This color scale contains similar colors to Café Au Lait, Tuscan Tan, French Beige, Beaver, Blast-off Bronze, Liver Chestnut, Cinereous, Burnished Brown, Rocket Metallic, Middle Grey and Gray (Web).

Color schemes and palettes

Color schemes represent a set of colors creating a harmonic and aesthetic feeling. Color schemes are generated by choosing colors around the color wheel.

We can talk about monochromatic, complementary, triadic and tetradic color schemes, choosing one, two, three or four colors around the color wheel respectively. In the following tables these color schemes are present.

Monochromatic

The monochromatic scale is generated by choosing colors on the color wheel near to the base color. As the colors of the monochromatic scale are close to each other, they create a harmonic feeling.

This color scale contains warm and cold colors. There are variants of rose, red, orange and yellow colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Pansy Purple, Old Mauve, Charm Pink, Amaranth Pink, Wine, Antique Ruby, Light Coral, New York Pink, Seal Brown, Kobicha, Tan (Crayola), Antique Brass, Pullman Brown (UPS Brown), Field Drab, Light French Beige, Wood Brown, Army Green, Dark Moss Green, Olive Green and Misty Moss.

Complementary

The complementary scale is generated by choosing the color on the opposite side on the color wheel relative to the base color. This results in slight vibrating tension between the complementary colors.

This color scale contains warm and cold colors. There are variants of orange and cyan colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Seal Brown, Liver (organ), French Beige, Apricot, Peach (Crayola), Midnight Green (Eagle Green), Charcoal, Blue (Munsell), Blue-green, Sky Blue and Sky Blue (Crayola).

Triadic

The triadic scale is generated by choosing two colors on the color wheel relative to the base color. This combines the slight vibrating tension and the harmonic feeling between the triadic colors.

This color scale contains warm and cold colors. There are variants of orange, blue, cyan and green colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Fuzzy Wuzzy, Seal Brown, Dark Salmon, Antique Brass, Dark Cornflower Blue, Dark Slate Blue, Maximum Blue Purple, Blue Bell, Blue-green (color Wheel), Brunswick Green, Keppel and Mountain Meadow.

Tetradic

The tetradic scale is generated by choosing three colors on the color wheel relative to the base color. This combination covers the whole color wheel containing both the complementary and harmonic colors of the base color.

This color scale contains warm and cold colors. There are variants of orange, green, cyan and magenta colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Fuzzy Wuzzy, Seal Brown, Dark Salmon, Antique Brass, UP Forest Green, Forest Green (Traditional), Dark Sea Green, Asparagus, Midnight Green (Eagle Green), Blue Sapphire, Maximum Blue, Cerulean (Crayola), Palatinate Purple, Japanese Violet, Wisteria and Plum (Web).

If you want to have a more detailed control of the colors in the schemes, have a look at the Spektran application too!

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