Warm Olive Color

#c7b63c

Warm 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 #3849c3
Complementary Color #3c4dc6
Color Shade: warm yellow (52.66° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 50.78% (better contrasting with white)
Warm Olive Color Sample
Warm Olive Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #c7b63c

If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Warm Olive Color. The Gold Taffeta color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a orange bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Mana (#b09737) for more calm effect. Try Golden Field as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#3c4dc6 is the best complementary color to Warm 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 #c7b63c complementary color is Governor Bay, 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 Earls Green are #c6703c and #92c63c. Thus found on the left and right of #c7b63c on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Copper and Atlantis colors as they work well with Warm Olive.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Warm Olive palette consists of #703cc6 and #3c92c6 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#3c4dc6). Try Purple Heart and Boston Blue colors in combination with #c7b63c, 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 #c7b63c 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 Warm Olive. Thus Amethyst and Puerto Rico giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Warm Olive contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Governor Bay, Emerald, and Mulberry split by 90° on the color wheel. #c7b63c 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. Warm Olive tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#3c4dc6) and two others. The Puerto Rico is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Mojo – 120° from the complementary Governor Bay. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #3cc6b6 and #c63c4d.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #c7b63c is made of 45% red, 41% green and 14% blue. In a HSL mode Warm Olive has a hue angle of 52.66°, a saturation of 55.38% and a lightness of 50.78%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #c7b63c is made of 0% cyan, 6.67% magenta, 54.51% yellow and 21.96% black ink.

HEX #c7b63c
RGB Decimal rgb(199,182,60)
RGB Percentage 45%, 41%, 14%
CMYK 0, 6.67, 54.51, 21.96
HSL hsl(52.66,55.38%,50.78%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(52.66,69.85%,78.04%)
CIE-LAB lab(73.4964,-7.6721,61.2316)
XYZ xyz(41.0967,45.9243,10.9732)
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