French Pear is pale, warm-toned shade of mid yellow. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with mid blue, red magenta or mid cyan
| Inverse Color | #616082 |
| Complementary Color | #7e7d9f |
| Color Shade: | mid yellow (61.76° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 55.69% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar mid yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to French Pear Color. The Kosher Khaki color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm yellow bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Simpson Surprise (#82856d) for more calm effect. Try Green Scene as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#7e7d9f is the best complementary color to French Pear. Mid blue shades generally complement the mid yellow hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #9e9f7d complementary color is Waterloo , as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of orange, mid yellow, and yellow green colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Gurkha are #9f8f7d and #8d9f7d. Thus found on the left and right of #9e9f7d on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Pale Oyster and Sage colors as they work well with French Pear.
The split-complementary French Pear palette consists of #8f7d9f and #7d8d9f colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#7e7d9f). Try Mamba and Regent Gray colors in combination with #9e9f7d, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.
The triadic palette of #9e9f7d offers a combination of mid magenta and mid cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the French Pear. Thus Mountbatten Pink and Granny Smith giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of French Pear contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Waterloo , Oxley, and Mountbatten Pink split by 90° on the color wheel. #9e9f7d square combo is a palette of mid yellow, green cyan, mid blue and red magenta shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. French Pear tetradic combo consists of mid blue complementary color (#7e7d9f) and two others. The Granny Smith is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Pharlap – 120° from the complementary Waterloo . This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #7d9e9f and #9f7e7d.
In a RGB color space, hex #9e9f7d is made of 36% red, 36% green and 28% blue. In a HSL mode French Pear has a hue angle of 61.76°, a saturation of 15.04% and a lightness of 55.69%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #9e9f7d is made of 0.39% cyan, 0% magenta, 13.33% yellow and 37.65% black ink.
| HEX | #9e9f7d |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(158,159,125) |
| RGB Percentage | 36%, 36%, 28% |
| CMYK | 0.39, 0, 13.33, 37.65 |
| HSL | hsl(61.76,15.04%,55.69%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(61.76,21.38%,62.35%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(64.6006,-6.2279,17.6767) |
| XYZ | xyz(30.2004,33.546,24.2853) |