Behr Aged Olive HDC-NT-05
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| Code: | HDC-NT-05 |
| Name: | Aged Olive |
| Brand: | Behr |
What color is Behr Aged Olive?
Behr Aged Olive HDC-NT-05 is a muted mid-tone gray-brown with a restrained olive cast, reading more like weathered stone or aged metal than a bright botanical green. Its low saturation keeps the color grounded and soft, while the yellowed undertone gives it a slight warmth. In daylight, Aged Olive can show its subdued khaki influence; under cooler artificial light, it may appear more charcoal-taupe. It suits living rooms, studies, and bedrooms where a darker neutral is wanted without the heaviness of near-black. Pair it with warm white trim, natural oak, linen upholstery, blackened metal, or clay-colored accents, and consider it for cabinetry or an exterior front door as well as walls.
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What are Behr Aged Olive undertones?
Aged Olive is a midtone, very muted earthy, slightly muddy brown. The HEX sample has a subtle yellow-orange bias, but its low chroma turns that hue into a neutral-looking color rather than a clear yellow-orange. Warm bulbs can make it look creamier or more golden, while cool daylight may mute that warmth and pull it closer to beige or greige.
HEX value:
RGB code:
126, 118, 102
Is Behr Aged Olive cool or warm?
warm
cool
With a hue of 40°, this brown leans warm, but it is close to neutral and can read cooler in some light.
HDC-NT-05 Aged Olive HSL code: 40, 11%, 45%
Hue - degree on a color wheel from 0 to 360. 0 is red, 120 is green, and 240 is blue.
Saturation is expressed as a percentage. At 0%, it appears as a shade of grey, and at 100%, it is in full color.
Lightness is also a percentage value. 0% is black, and 100% is white.
How light temperature affects Aged Olive
Natural Lighting. During the day, natural light shifts from about 2000 K at sunrise/sunset to 5500–6500 K at noon.
In addition, natural-light temperature depends on its direction:
| Direction of sunlight | Visible temp. | Hue | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| North | Cool | Bluish | All day |
| East | Warm | Yellow | Before noon |
| West | Warm | Orange-red | After noon |
| South | Warm | Orange-yellow | All day |
Artificial Lighting. When choosing bulbs, pay attention to their color temperature in Kelvins.
Use the slider to see how this brown shade looks under different lighting:
4000K
Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Behr Aged Olive:
Monochromatic color scheme
This scheme consists of various shades, tints, and tones of a single color. While it offers a perfect combination of hues, without accent décor it may become monotonous.
Lighter shades
HDC-NT-05
Aged Olive
Darker shades
Complementary color scheme
This color scheme is a combination of two shades that are opposite each other on the color wheel. The high contrast between these colors creates a vibrant and dynamic visual effect. For the color Aged Olive with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 220, such as Behr Adirondack Blue and Nypd.
LRV of Aged Olive
Aged Olive has an LRV of 18.47% and refers to Medium Dark which means that this color reflects very little light. Why LRV is important?
Light Reflectance Value measures the amount of visible and usable light that reflects from a painted surface.
Simply put, the higher the LRV of a paint color, the brighter the room you will get.
The scale goes from 0% (absolute black, absorbing all light) to 100% (pure white, reflecting all light).
Act like a pro: When choosing paint with an LRV of 18.47%, pay attention to your bulbs' brightness. Light brightness is measured in lumens. The lower the paint's LRV, the higher lumen level you need. Every square foot of room needs at least 40 lumens. That means for a 200 ft2 living room you'll need about 8000 lumens of light – e.g., eight 1000 lm bulbs.
Color codes
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Not sure what the difference between HEX and RGB is? We break down color models in plain language. Understanding color models
| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| HEX | #7e7666 |
| RGB Decimal | 126, 118, 102 |
| RGB Percent | 49.41%, 46.27%, 40.00% |
| HSV | Hue: 40° Saturation: 19.05% Value: 49.41% |
| HSL | hsl(40, 11, 45) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 6.35 Yellow: 19.05 Key: 50.59 |
| YIQ | Y: 118.568 I: 9.909 Q: -3.287 |
| XYZ | X: 17.481 Y: 18.352 Z: 15.188 |
| CIE Lab | L:49.92 a:0.203 b:9.932 |
| CIE Luv | L:49.92 u:5.731 v:12.887 |
| Decimal | 8287846 |
| Hunter Lab | 42.839, -2.132, 8.967 |
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