Oil Color

#313330

Oil is pale, warm-toned shade of yellow green. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with violet, mid red or blue cyan

Inverse Color #cecccf
Complementary Color #323033
Color Shade: yellow green (100° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 19.41% (better contrasting with white)
Oil Color Sample
Oil Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #313330

If you're looking for a similar yellow green shade, there are some better alternatives to Oil Color. The Ebony Wood color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a cool yellow bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Underworld (#1e231c) for more energetic effect. Try Black Forest Green as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#323033 is the best complementary color to Oil. Violet shades generally complement the yellow green hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #313330 complementary color is Baltic Sea, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool yellow, yellow green, and warm green colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Heavy Metal are #323330 and #303330. Thus found on the left and right of #313330 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Heavy Metal and Heavy Metal colors as they work well with Oil.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Oil palette consists of #333032 and #303033 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#323033). Try Thunder and Shark colors in combination with #313330, 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 #313330 offers a combination of red magenta and blue cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Oil. Thus Mine Shaft and Shark giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Oil contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Baltic Sea, Shark, and Mine Shaft split by 90° on the color wheel. #313330 square combo is a palette of yellow green, cool cyan, violet and mid red 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. Oil tetradic combo consists of violet complementary color (#323033) and two others. The Shark is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Tuatara – 120° from the complementary Baltic Sea. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #303133 and #333230.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #313330 is made of 33% red, 34% green and 32% blue. In a HSL mode Oil has a hue angle of 100°, a saturation of 3.03% and a lightness of 19.41%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #313330 is made of 0.78% cyan, 0% magenta, 1.18% yellow and 80% black ink.

HEX #313330
RGB Decimal rgb(49,51,48)
RGB Percentage 33%, 34%, 32%
CMYK 0.78, 0, 1.18, 80
HSL hsl(100,3.03%,19.41%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(100,5.88%,20%)
CIE-LAB lab(20.9578,-1.5682,1.5961)
XYZ xyz(2.9839,3.234,3.2633)
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