Olive Wood Color

#756244

Olive Wood is pale, warm-toned shade of orange. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with blue cyan, mid magenta or green cyan

Inverse Color #8a9dbb
Complementary Color #445675
Color Shade: orange (36.73° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 36.27% (better contrasting with white)
Olive Wood Color Sample
Olive Wood Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #756244

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Olive Wood Color. The Lonely Road color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Coconut Shell (#917a56) for more calm effect. Try Wool Tweed as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#445675 is the best complementary color to Olive Wood. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #756244 complementary color is Fiord, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid red, orange, and mid yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Tobacco Brown are #754944 and #6f7544. Thus found on the left and right of #756244 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Roman Coffee and Dingley colors as they work well with Olive Wood.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Olive Wood palette consists of #494475 and #446f75 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#445675). Try East Bay and Faded Jade colors in combination with #756244, 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 #756244 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 Olive Wood. Thus Mulled Wine and Como giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Olive Wood contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Fiord, Killarney, and Cosmic split by 90° on the color wheel. #756244 square combo is a palette of orange, mid green, blue cyan and mid 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. Olive Wood tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#445675) and two others. The Como is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Eggplant – 120° from the complementary Fiord. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #447561 and #754456.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #756244 is made of 41% red, 35% green and 24% blue. In a HSL mode Olive Wood has a hue angle of 36.73°, a saturation of 26.49% and a lightness of 36.27%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #756244 is made of 0% cyan, 7.45% magenta, 19.21% yellow and 54.12% black ink.

HEX #756244
RGB Decimal rgb(117,98,68)
RGB Percentage 41%, 35%, 24%
CMYK 0, 7.45, 19.21, 54.12
HSL hsl(36.73,26.49%,36.27%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(36.73,41.88%,45.88%)
CIE-LAB lab(42.6646,3.0698,19.9206)
XYZ xyz(12.7472,12.9346,7.2936)
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