Information about Pale Olive color

#B9CC81 - Pale Olive color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#B9CC81, known as "Pale Olive", falls into the Chartreuse Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(185, 204, 129) — 72.5% red, 80% green, 50.6% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 7 / 0 / 29 / 20. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#B9CC81 is a clearly saturated yellow-green that has a delicate, washed-out lightness. In practice it works well for airy backdrops, whitespace-heavy designs and gentle gradients. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Greenish Tan (#BCCB7A). Slightly further away sit Pale Olive Green (#B1D27B) and Pine Glade (#BDC07E).

The recipe behind #B9CC81 is rgb(185, 204, 129), with green as the dominant ingredient. On this background, black text reaches a 12.0:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 1.7:1. The name "Pale Olive" is officially recorded for this exact shade in The Official Register of Color Names.

Pale Olive color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

Pale Olive color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
Pale Olive

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White

#FFFFFF

Pale Olive color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

Pale Olive color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

Pale Olive color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
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Pale Olive color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes
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Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme
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Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme
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Pale Olive

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Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme
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Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme
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Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme
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Nearest named colors to Pale Olive

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity.

Greenish Tan color link
Greenish Tan

#BCCB7A

Pale Olive Green color link
Pale Olive Green

#B1D27B

Pine Glade color link
Pine Glade

#BDC07E

Poprock color link
Poprock

#C0C975

Caper color link
Caper

#AFC182

Pastel Avocado color link
Pastel Avocado

#B1C086

Pastel Olive color link
Pastel Olive

#BCBC82

Greenish Beige color link
Greenish Beige

#C9D179

Nirvana color link
Nirvana

#C3BF8B

Deco color link
Deco

#CCCF82

Springtide Green color link
Springtide Green

#C8CB8E

Dark Pastel Yellow color link
Dark Pastel Yellow

#C4BB7D

Pale Olive color backgrounds & wallpapers

Download color wallpaper / background for your Desktop PC, Tablet or Mobile phone.

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#B9CC81
  • RGB185, 204, 129
  • CMYK7, 0, 29, 20
  • CSSrgb(185, 204, 129)
  • HSL75°, 42%, 65%
  • HSL Precise75.2°, 42.373%, 65.294%
  • HSV75°, 37%, 80%
  • HSB75°, 37%, 80%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.725
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.800
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.506
  • GLSLvec3(0.725, 0.800, 0.506)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.725, 0.800, 0.506, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.725, 0.800, 0.506)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB72.5%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB80%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB50.6%
  • Color FamilyChartreuse
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDB9CC81
  • DECIMAL ID12176513
  • Name Length10
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  • Counting from2025-01-01

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