Green Olive Pit Color

#bdaa89

Green Olive Pit 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 #425576
Complementary Color #889bbd
Color Shade: orange (38.08° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 63.92% (better contrasting with white)
Green Olive Pit Color Sample
Green Olive Pit Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #bdaa89

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Green Olive Pit Color. The Utaupeia color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called River Road (#ae8d6b) for more energetic effect. Try River Mud as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#889bbd is the best complementary color to Green Olive Pit. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #bdaa89 complementary color is Nepal, 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 Indian Khaki are #bd8f88 and #b6bd88. Thus found on the left and right of #bdaa89 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Brandy Rose and Swamp Green colors as they work well with Green Olive Pit.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Green Olive Pit palette consists of #8f88bd and #88b6bd colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#889bbd). Try Lavender Purple and Neptune colors in combination with #bdaa89, 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 #bdaa89 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 Green Olive Pit. Thus Lavender Purple and Gulf Stream giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Green Olive Pit contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Nepal, De York, and Bouquet split by 90° on the color wheel. #bdaa89 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. Green Olive Pit tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#889bbd) and two others. The Gulf Stream is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Oriental Pink – 120° from the complementary Nepal. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #88bdaa and #bd889c.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #bdaa89 is made of 38% red, 34% green and 28% blue. In a HSL mode Green Olive Pit has a hue angle of 38.08°, a saturation of 28.26% and a lightness of 63.92%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #bdaa89 is made of 0% cyan, 7.45% magenta, 20.39% yellow and 25.88% black ink.

HEX #bdaa89
RGB Decimal rgb(189,170,137)
RGB Percentage 38%, 34%, 28%
CMYK 0, 7.45, 20.39, 25.88
HSL hsl(38.08,28.26%,63.92%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(38.08,27.51%,74.12%)
CIE-LAB lab(70.4374,1.7327,19.5404)
XYZ xyz(39.8763,41.3744,29.5513)
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