Soft Olive Color

#59604f

Soft Olive is pale, warm-toned shade of cool yellow. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm blue, cool red or cool cyan

Inverse Color #a69fb0
Complementary Color #564f60
Color Shade: cool yellow (84.71° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 34.31% (better contrasting with white)
Soft Olive Color Sample
Soft Olive Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #59604f

If you're looking for a similar cool yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Soft Olive Color. The Greenfield color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid yellow bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Burdock (#717867) for more calm effect. Try Egyptian Nile as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#564f60 is the best complementary color to Soft Olive. Warm blue shades generally complement the cool yellow hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #59604f complementary color is Scarpa Flow, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm yellow, cool yellow, and warm green colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Siam are #605e4f and #50604f. Thus found on the left and right of #59604f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Soya Bean and Gray Asparagus colors as they work well with Soft Olive.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Soft Olive palette consists of #5e4f60 and #4f5060 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#564f60). Try Mortar and Trout colors in combination with #59604f, 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 #59604f offers a combination of warm magenta and cool cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Soft Olive. Thus Don Juan and Trout giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Soft Olive contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Scarpa Flow, Nandor, and Don Juan split by 90° on the color wheel. #59604f square combo is a palette of cool yellow, warm cyan, warm blue and cool 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. Soft Olive tetradic combo consists of warm blue complementary color (#564f60) and two others. The Trout is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Pine Cone – 120° from the complementary Scarpa Flow. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #4f5960 and #60564f.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #59604f is made of 34% red, 36% green and 30% blue. In a HSL mode Soft Olive has a hue angle of 84.71°, a saturation of 9.71% and a lightness of 34.31%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #59604f is made of 2.75% cyan, 0% magenta, 6.67% yellow and 62.35% black ink.

HEX #59604f
RGB Decimal rgb(89,96,79)
RGB Percentage 34%, 36%, 30%
CMYK 2.75, 0, 6.67, 62.35
HSL hsl(84.71,9.71%,34.31%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(84.71,17.71%,37.65%)
CIE-LAB lab(39.6714,-6.1927,8.8033)
XYZ xyz(9.714,11.0541,9.0188)
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