CSS named color

Olive Drab #6B8E23

The CSS keyword olivedrab is #6B8E23. It is a soft green in the green family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.599, chroma 0.137 and hue 126.3°.

Relative luminance: 0.2259
OKLCH L · C · h: 0.599 · 0.137 · 126.3
Best text: Black 5.51:1
Hue family: Green

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#6B8E23 color codes

HEX: #6B8E23
RGB: rgb(107, 142, 35)
HSL: hsl(80, 60%, 35%)
OKLCH: oklch(0.599 0.137 126.3)
OKLab: oklab(0.599 -0.081 0.111)
CIELAB (D65): L* 54.65, a* -28.22, b* 49.69
XYZ (D65): X 16.04, Y 22.59, Z 5.11
CMYK (naive): cmyk(25%, 0%, 75%, 44%)

CIELAB and XYZ use the D65 white point; CSS lab() uses D50, so paste the OKLCH or HEX value into stylesheets. CMYK here is a plain formula with no press profile.

Legibility

Contrast: is #6B8E23 accessible?

Black text on it reaches 5.51:1, passing AA. White text manages only 3.80:1, enough for large text only.

WCAG 2 gives the same ratio whichever color is the text; APCA does not, so its Lc changes sign and size with polarity.

Open the Contrast System

Black text on it

5.51:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +38
White text on it

3.80:1
- AA fails
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −70
As text on black

5.51:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −36
As text on white

3.80:1
- AA fails
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +65

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

For text on white

#5E800D 4.59:1

Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.60 to 0.55 reaches 4.59:1 on white, keeping the hue.

Compare both in the Contrast System
For text on black

#6B8E23 5.51:1

It already reaches 5.51:1 on black, so no change is needed.

Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.

Studio

Adjust #6B8E23 live

Move lightness, chroma and hue in OKLCH, or drag on the map. The map is every lightness and chroma at the current hue: sRGB inside the solid area, Display P3 out to the dashed line.

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Scale

Shades and tints of #6B8E23

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #6B8E23 sits at step 500.

50#E8FFC9

White
1.07
Black
19.57
100#D8FAA6

White
1.15
Black
18.14
200#C3E68D

White
1.39
Black
15.02
300#A8CD6E

White
1.80
Black
11.62
400#8CB04C

White
2.49
Black
8.42
500This color#6B8E23

White
3.80
Black
5.51
600#5A7C04

White
4.86
Black
4.31
700#476300

White
6.87
Black
3.05
800#334800

White
10.15
Black
2.06
900#202F00

White
14.30
Black
1.46
950#101A00

White
17.95
Black
1.16

Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.

Gamut

How vivid #6B8E23 can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.153; #6B8E23 uses 90% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.179 there: 17% more.

sRGB
Display P3
Rec. 2020
Dominant wavelength

OKLCH chroma: 0.137
sRGB edge: 0.153
Display P3 edge: 0.179
Rec. 2020 edge: 0.185
Dominant wavelength: 563 nm
Excitation purity: 68%
Chromaticity: x 0.3667, y 0.5165

This color#6B8E23
Most vivid in sRGB#698F00
Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.599 0.179 126.3)

On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.

Use the wider color where screens show it

.accent {
  color: #6b8e23;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 0.432 0.5642 0); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #6B8E23

Each row is the same mix worked out in a different space, with the halfway color at its end. sRGB, which older CSS gradients use, can sag gray or dark in the middle; OKLab keeps the lightness steps even; OKLCH holds chroma and hue as it goes.

White #FFFFFF

sRGB50%#B5C791
OKLab50%#B2C696
OKLCH50%#B2C696

Black #000000

sRGB50%#364712
OKLab50%#253407
OKLCH50%#253407

Its complement #9568C0

sRGB50%#807B72
OKLab50%#808080
OKLCH50%#008FA9

In CSS

/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #6b8e23, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #6b8e23 50%, white);

In use

#6B8E23 in an interface

A button, a link, a heading, a focused field, an icon and a chart line in this color, on a light page and a dark one. Each check is a WCAG 2 contrast minimum: 1.4.3 for text, 1.4.11 for the rest.

Light page

Button labelText, 4.5:15.51:1 Passes
Link and body-size textText, 4.5:13.80:1 Fails
Large headingLarge text, 3:13.80:1 Passes
Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:13.80:1 Passes

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #5E800D 4.59:1

Dark page

Button labelText, 4.5:15.51:1 Passes
Link and body-size textText, 4.5:14.92:1 Passes
Large headingLarge text, 3:14.92:1 Passes
Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:14.92:1 Passes

Color vision

How #6B8E23 looks with color blindness

Achromatopsia changes it most, ΔE2000 25.2; deuteranopia changes it least, 13.3.

Simulated with Machado et al. (2009) at full severity, in linear light.

Simulate a whole page What each type sees

Protanopia

No working red (long-wavelength) cones

#96840D ΔE2000 14.5

Distinct

Reads as soft amber
Deuteranopia

No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

#91822D ΔE2000 13.3

Distinct

Reads as soft amber
Tritanopia

No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

#708779 ΔE2000 20.1

Distinct

Reads as grayish green
Achromatopsia

No cone color vision; lightness only

#838383 ΔE2000 25.2

Distinct

Reads as gray

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #9568C0. Their lightness contrast is only 1.09:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.

Vision	The pair	ΔE2000	Verdict
Normal vision	#6B8E23 · #9568C0	67.7	Stays distinct
Protanopia	#96840D · #527AC3	52.9	Stays distinct
Deuteranopia	#91822D · #5D7CBE	48.7	Stays distinct
Tritanopia	#708779 · #8E778B	26.5	Stays distinct
Achromatopsia	#838383 · #7C7C7C	2.7	Easily confused

Harmony

Color harmonies for #6B8E23

Its complement is #9568C0, a soft violet.

Hue rotations in OKLCH, mapped into sRGB by trimming chroma so hue and lightness stay put.

Open the Harmony Studio

Base#6B8E23
Complement#9568C0

Complementary

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−30°#967F00
Base#6B8E23
+30°#1A985D

Analogous

Open in Harmony Studio

Base#6B8E23
+120°#2886CD
+240°#C25873

Triadic

Open in Harmony Studio

Base#6B8E23
+150°#6B76D1
+210°#B25D9F

Split-complementary

Open in Harmony Studio

Code

Design tokens

Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.

CSS custom property

:root {
  --color-olivedrab: #6b8e23;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        olivedrab: '#6b8e23',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  --color-olivedrab: oklch(0.599 0.137 126.3);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "olivedrab": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.4196, 0.5569, 0.1373],
        "hex": "#6b8e23"
      },
      "$description": "CSS named color olivedrab"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let olivedrab = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.420, green: 0.557, blue: 0.137, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val Olivedrab = Color(0xFF6B8E23)
}

Matches

The nearest match in each system

The closest CSS name, Tailwind shade, RAL Classic paint and Crayola crayon by ΔE2000; under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side. RAL and Crayola values approximate physical colors.

Tools

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Olive Drab #6B8E23

#6B8E23 color codes

Contrast: is #6B8E23 accessible?

Black text on it

White text on it

As text on black

As text on white

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

Adjust #6B8E23 live

Shades and tints of #6B8E23

How vivid #6B8E23 can get

Mixing #6B8E23

#6B8E23 in an interface

How #6B8E23 looks with color blindness

Protanopia

Deuteranopia

Tritanopia

Achromatopsia

Pairing check

Color harmonies for #6B8E23

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split-complementary

Design tokens

CSS custom property

Tailwind config

Tailwind v4 theme

Design token (W3C DTCG)

SwiftUI color

Jetpack Compose color

The nearest match in each system

Similar colors

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