Winter Feather Color

#bcaf9e

Winter Feather 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 #435061
Complementary Color #9eabbc
Color Shade: orange (34° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 67.84% (better contrasting with white)
Winter Feather Color Sample
Winter Feather Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #bcaf9e

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Winter Feather Color. The Chatura Beige 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 Nomadic (#af9479) for more energetic effect. Try Portobello Mushroom as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#9eabbc is the best complementary color to Winter Feather. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #bcaf9e complementary color is Gull 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 Malta are #bca09e and #babc9e. Thus found on the left and right of #bcaf9e on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Thatch and Eagle colors as they work well with Winter Feather.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Winter Feather palette consists of #a09ebc and #9ebabc colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#9eabbc). Try Amethyst Smoke and Tower Gray colors in combination with #bcaf9e, 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 #bcaf9e 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 Winter Feather. Thus Amethyst Smoke and Summer Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Winter Feather contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Gull Gray, Norway, and Lily split by 90° on the color wheel. #bcaf9e 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. Winter Feather tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#9eabbc) and two others. The Summer Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Lily – 120° from the complementary Gull Gray. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #9ebcaf and #bc9eab.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #bcaf9e is made of 36% red, 34% green and 30% blue. In a HSL mode Winter Feather has a hue angle of 34°, a saturation of 18.29% and a lightness of 67.84%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #bcaf9e is made of 0% cyan, 5.1% magenta, 11.77% yellow and 26.27% black ink.

HEX #bcaf9e
RGB Decimal rgb(188,175,158)
RGB Percentage 36%, 34%, 30%
CMYK 0, 5.1, 11.77, 26.27
HSL hsl(34,18.29%,67.84%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(34,15.96%,73.73%)
CIE-LAB lab(72.108,1.788,10.3867)
XYZ xyz(42.2406,43.8199,38.5795)
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