Worn Olive Color

#6f6c0a

Worn Olive is soft, warm-toned shade of warm yellow. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool blue, warm magenta or warm cyan

Inverse Color #9093f5
Complementary Color #090c6f
Color Shade: warm yellow (58.22° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 23.73% (better contrasting with white)
Worn Olive Color Sample
Worn Olive Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #6f6c0a

If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Worn Olive Color. The Spicy Mustard color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a orange bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Brussels Sprout Green (#665e0d) for more calm effect. Try Portuguese Green as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#090c6f is the best complementary color to Worn 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 #6f6c0a complementary color is Arapawa, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm red, warm yellow, and cool yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Spicy Mustard are #6f3909 and #3f6f09. Thus found on the left and right of #6f6c0a on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Cafe Royale and Green Leaf colors as they work well with Worn Olive.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Worn Olive palette consists of #39096f and #093f6f colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#090c6f). Try Windsor and Deep Sapphire colors in combination with #6f6c0a, 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 #6f6c0a offers a combination of cool magenta and warm cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Worn Olive. Thus Clairvoyant and Atoll giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Worn Olive contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Arapawa, Salem, and Rose Bud Cherry split by 90° on the color wheel. #6f6c0a square combo is a palette of warm yellow, cool green, cool blue and warm 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. Worn Olive tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#090c6f) and two others. The Atoll is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Dark Burgundy – 120° from the complementary Arapawa. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #096f6c and #6f090d.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #6f6c0a is made of 48% red, 47% green and 4% blue. In a HSL mode Worn Olive has a hue angle of 58.22°, a saturation of 83.47% and a lightness of 23.73%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #6f6c0a is made of 0% cyan, 1.18% magenta, 39.61% yellow and 56.47% black ink.

HEX #6f6c0a
RGB Decimal rgb(111,108,10)
RGB Percentage 48%, 47%, 4%
CMYK 0, 1.18, 39.61, 56.47
HSL hsl(58.22,83.47%,23.73%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(58.22,90.99%,43.53%)
CIE-LAB lab(44.4139,-9.7608,48.2196)
XYZ xyz(11.9729,14.1265,2.3828)
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