Portsmouth Olive is pale, warm-toned shade of warm yellow. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool blue, red magenta or mid cyan
| Inverse Color | #9494bb |
| Complementary Color | #44446b |
| Color Shade: | warm yellow (60° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 34.31% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Portsmouth Olive Color. The Oregano color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a orange bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Warplock Bronze (#515131) for more energetic effect. Try Amazon Depths as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#44446b is the best complementary color to Portsmouth Olive. 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 #6b6b44 complementary color is Mulled Wine, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of warm red, warm yellow, and yellow green colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Go Ben are #6b5744 and #576b44. Thus found on the left and right of #6b6b44 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Tobacco Brown and Dingley colors as they work well with Portsmouth Olive.
The split-complementary Portsmouth Olive palette consists of #57446b and #44576b colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#44446b). Try Mulled Wine and Fiord colors in combination with #6b6b44, 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 #6b6b44 offers a combination of mid magenta and mid cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Portsmouth Olive. Thus Eggplant and Cutty Sark giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Portsmouth Olive contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Mulled Wine, Mineral Green, and Eggplant split by 90° on the color wheel. #6b6b44 square combo is a palette of warm yellow, cool green, cool blue and red magenta shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Portsmouth Olive tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#44446b) and two others. The Cutty Sark is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Ferra – 120° from the complementary Mulled Wine. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #446a6b and #6b4444.
In a RGB color space, hex #6b6b44 is made of 38% red, 38% green and 24% blue. In a HSL mode Portsmouth Olive has a hue angle of 60°, a saturation of 22.29% and a lightness of 34.31%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #6b6b44 is made of 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 15.29% yellow and 58.04% black ink.
| HEX | #6b6b44 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(107,107,68) |
| RGB Percentage | 38%, 38%, 24% |
| CMYK | 0, 0, 15.29, 58.04 |
| HSL | hsl(60,22.29%,34.31%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(60,36.45%,41.96%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(44.3168,-6.639,21.8984) |
| XYZ | xyz(12.3645,14.0585,7.5307) |