Flour Sack is pale, warm-toned shade of warm yellow. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool blue, warm magenta or warm cyan
| Inverse Color | #464d68 |
| Complementary Color | #979eb9 |
| Color Shade: | warm yellow (47.65° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 65.88% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Flour Sack Color. The Weather Board color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a orange bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Barnfloor (#9c9480) for more calm effect. Try Calico Rock as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#979eb9 is the best complementary color to Flour Sack. Cool blue shades generally complement the warm yellow hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #b9b297 complementary color is Gull Gray, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of warm red, warm yellow, and cool yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Heathered Gray are #b9a197 and #afb997. Thus found on the left and right of #b9b297 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Thatch and Schist colors as they work well with Flour Sack.
The split-complementary Flour Sack palette consists of #a097b9 and #97afb9 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#979eb9). Try Amethyst Smoke and Gull Gray colors in combination with #b9b297, 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 #b9b297 offers a combination of cool magenta and warm cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Flour Sack. Thus London Hue and Summer Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Flour Sack contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Gull Gray, Summer Green, and Lily split by 90° on the color wheel. #b9b297 square combo is a palette of warm yellow, cool green, cool blue and warm magenta shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Flour Sack tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#979eb9) and two others. The Summer Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Thatch – 120° from the complementary Gull Gray. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #97b9b2 and #b9979e.
In a RGB color space, hex #b9b297 is made of 36% red, 35% green and 29% blue. In a HSL mode Flour Sack has a hue angle of 47.65°, a saturation of 19.54% and a lightness of 65.88%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #b9b297 is made of 0% cyan, 2.75% magenta, 13.33% yellow and 27.45% black ink.
| HEX | #b9b297 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(185,178,151) |
| RGB Percentage | 36%, 35%, 29% |
| CMYK | 0, 2.75, 13.33, 27.45 |
| HSL | hsl(47.65,19.54%,65.88%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(47.65,18.38%,72.55%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(72.488,-2.0509,14.7083) |
| XYZ | xyz(41.5139,44.3894,35.6582) |