Light Olive

The color code of Light Olive indicates, that red and green are the main light sources among the primary colors red, green and blue. Both combined form the basic color yellow, which determines the initial color impression. Learn more …

But due to the amount of achromatic basic colors like black and white the colorfulness of Light Olive is somewhat limited: The mixture ratio between chromatic and achromatic basic colors results in 40 % saturation. Since the inherent brightness of its contained basic colors sums up to a perceived brightness of 69 %, Light Olive is a rather light color.

Hex	`#b9b853`
RGB	`rgb(185, 184, 83)`
HSL*	`hsl(59, 42%, 53%)`
Lab*	`73.04 -13.16 50.51`
CMYK*	`0% 1% 55% 27%`

* approximated values

Basic colors

40 %

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