Truly Olive Color

#777250

Truly Olive is pale, 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 #888daf
Complementary Color #505477
Color Shade: warm yellow (52.31° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 39.02% (better contrasting with white)
Truly Olive Color Sample
Truly Olive Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #777250

If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Truly Olive Color. The Twisted Vine color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a orange bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Enchanted Wood (#94895f) for more energetic effect. Try Puff Dragon as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#505477 is the best complementary color to Truly 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 #777250 complementary color is Comet, 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 Go Ben are #775e50 and #687750. Thus found on the left and right of #777250 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Roman Coffee and Dingley colors as they work well with Truly Olive.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Truly Olive palette consists of #5e5077 and #506877 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#505477). Try Smoky and Blue Bayoux colors in combination with #777250, 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 #777250 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 Truly Olive. Thus Salt Box and Cutty Sark giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Truly Olive contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Comet, Como, and Falcon split by 90° on the color wheel. #777250 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. Truly Olive tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#505477) and two others. The Cutty Sark is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Ferra – 120° from the complementary Comet. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #507772 and #775054.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #777250 is made of 38% red, 36% green and 26% blue. In a HSL mode Truly Olive has a hue angle of 52.31°, a saturation of 19.6% and a lightness of 39.02%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #777250 is made of 0% cyan, 1.96% magenta, 15.3% yellow and 53.33% black ink.

HEX #777250
RGB Decimal rgb(119,114,80)
RGB Percentage 38%, 36%, 26%
CMYK 0, 1.96, 15.3, 53.33
HSL hsl(52.31,19.6%,39.02%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(52.31,32.77%,46.67%)
CIE-LAB lab(47.6697,-3.799,19.58)
XYZ xyz(15.073,16.5358,9.9867)
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