Flannel Color

#9e917c

Flannel 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 #616e83
Complementary Color #7c899e
Color Shade: orange (37.06° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 55.29% (better contrasting with white)
Flannel Color Sample
Flannel Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #9e917c

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Flannel Color. The Solitary Slate color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Domino (#8e775e) for more energetic effect. Try Cathedral Stone as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#7c899e is the best complementary color to Flannel. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #9e917c complementary color is Regent Gray, 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 Pale Oyster are #9e807c and #9a9e7c. Thus found on the left and right of #9e917c on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Pharlap and Gurkha colors as they work well with Flannel.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Flannel palette consists of #807c9e and #7c9a9e colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#7c899e). Try Waterloo and Granny Smith colors in combination with #9e917c, 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 #9e917c 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 Flannel. Thus Mamba and Oxley giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Flannel contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Regent Gray, Amulet, and Mountbatten Pink split by 90° on the color wheel. #9e917c 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. Flannel tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#7c899e) and two others. The Oxley is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Mountbatten Pink – 120° from the complementary Regent Gray. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #7c9e91 and #9e7c89.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #9e917c is made of 37% red, 34% green and 29% blue. In a HSL mode Flannel has a hue angle of 37.06°, a saturation of 14.91% and a lightness of 55.29%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #9e917c is made of 0% cyan, 5.1% magenta, 13.33% yellow and 38.04% black ink.

HEX #9e917c
RGB Decimal rgb(158,145,124)
RGB Percentage 37%, 34%, 29%
CMYK 0, 5.1, 13.33, 38.04
HSL hsl(37.06,14.91%,55.29%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(37.06,21.52%,61.96%)
CIE-LAB lab(60.7597,1.2926,12.9009)
XYZ xyz(27.864,28.9751,23.1929)
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