Featherstone is pale, warm-toned shade of orange. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with blue cyan, mid magenta or green cyan
| Inverse Color | #323844 |
| Complementary Color | #bbc0cc |
| Color Shade: | orange (40° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 76.86% (better contrasting with black) |
If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Featherstone Color. The Montauk Sands color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Distant Valley (#c2b79a) for more energetic effect. Try Clay Pebble as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#bbc0cc is the best complementary color to Featherstone. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #cdc7bb complementary color is Ghost, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of mid red, orange, and mid yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Ash are #ccbdbb and #c9ccbb. Thus found on the left and right of #cdc7bb on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Cold Turkey and Foggy Gray colors as they work well with Featherstone.
The split-complementary Featherstone palette consists of #bdbbcc and #bbc9cc colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#bbc0cc). Try Gray Suit and Loblolly colors in combination with #cdc7bb, 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 #cdc7bb 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 Featherstone. Thus Chatelle and Powder Ash giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Featherstone contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Ghost, Powder Ash, and Lily split by 90° on the color wheel. #cdc7bb square combo is a palette of orange, mid green, blue cyan and mid magenta shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Featherstone tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#bbc0cc) and two others. The Powder Ash is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Cold Turkey – 120° from the complementary Ghost. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #bbccc6 and #ccbbc0.
In a RGB color space, hex #cdc7bb is made of 35% red, 34% green and 32% blue. In a HSL mode Featherstone has a hue angle of 40°, a saturation of 15.25% and a lightness of 76.86%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #cdc7bb is made of 0% cyan, 2.35% magenta, 7.06% yellow and 19.61% black ink.
| HEX | #cdc7bb |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(205,199,187) |
| RGB Percentage | 35%, 34%, 32% |
| CMYK | 0, 2.35, 7.06, 19.61 |
| HSL | hsl(40,15.25%,76.86%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(40,8.78%,80.39%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(80.4118,-0.0006,6.7345) |
| XYZ | xyz(54.5699,57.4138,55.2195) |