Wool Tweed Color

#917747

Wool Tweed 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 #6e88b8
Complementary Color #476091
Color Shade: orange (38.92° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 42.35% (better contrasting with white)
Wool Tweed Color Sample
Wool Tweed Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #917747

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Wool Tweed Color. The Tirol 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 Olive Wood (#756244) for more calm effect. Try Desert Yellow as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#476091 is the best complementary color to Wool Tweed. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #917747 complementary color is Kashmir 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 Cape Palliser are #915247 and #859147. Thus found on the left and right of #917747 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Copper Rust and Sycamore colors as they work well with Wool Tweed.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Wool Tweed palette consists of #514791 and #478591 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#476091). Try Victoria and Wedgewood colors in combination with #917747, 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 #917747 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 Wool Tweed. Thus Affair and Viridian giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Wool Tweed contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Kashmir Blue, Fruit Salad, and Cannon Pink split by 90° on the color wheel. #917747 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. Wool Tweed tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#476091) and two others. The Viridian is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Cannon Pink – 120° from the complementary Kashmir Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #479177 and #914760.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #917747 is made of 43% red, 36% green and 21% blue. In a HSL mode Wool Tweed has a hue angle of 38.92°, a saturation of 34.26% and a lightness of 42.35%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #917747 is made of 0% cyan, 10.19% magenta, 29.02% yellow and 43.14% black ink.

HEX #917747
RGB Decimal rgb(145,119,71)
RGB Percentage 43%, 36%, 21%
CMYK 0, 10.19, 29.02, 43.14
HSL hsl(38.92,34.26%,42.35%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(38.92,51.03%,56.86%)
CIE-LAB lab(51.4601,3.6712,30.0545)
XYZ xyz(19.4112,19.6683,8.7345)
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