Olive Color

#808010

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 mid cyan

Inverse Color #7f7fef
Complementary Color #101080
Color Shade: warm yellow (60° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 28.24% (better contrasting with white)
Olive Color Sample
Olive Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #808010

If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Olive Color. The Turtle Moss color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a orange bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Snakes in the Grass (#889717) for more calm effect. Try Guava Green as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#101080 is the best complementary color to 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 #808010 complementary color is Deep Koamaru, 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 Olivetone are #804810 and #488010. Thus found on the left and right of #808010 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Korma and Green Leaf colors as they work well with Olive.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Olive palette consists of #471080 and #104780 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#101080). Try Persian Indigo and Chathams Blue colors in combination with #808010, 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 #808010 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 Olive. Thus Violet Eggplant and Surfie Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Olive contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Deep Koamaru, Salem, and Disco split by 90° on the color wheel. #808010 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. Olive tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#101080) and two others. The Surfie Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Tamarillo – 120° from the complementary Deep Koamaru. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #107f80 and #801010.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #808010 is made of 47% red, 47% green and 6% blue. In a HSL mode Olive has a hue angle of 60°, a saturation of 77.78% and a lightness of 28.24%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #808010 is made of 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 43.93% yellow and 49.8% black ink.

HEX #808010
RGB Decimal rgb(128,128,16)
RGB Percentage 47%, 47%, 6%
CMYK 0, 0, 43.93, 49.8
HSL hsl(60,77.78%,28.24%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(60,87.5%,50.2%)
CIE-LAB lab(51.9106,-12.5893,53.6038)
XYZ xyz(16.7148,20.0649,3.4822)
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