CSS named color

Olive #808000

The CSS keyword olive is #808000. It is a soft yellow in the brown family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.581, chroma 0.127 and hue 109.8°.

Relative luminance: 0.2003
OKLCH L · C · h: 0.581 · 0.127 · 109.8
Best text: Black 5.00:1
Hue family: Brown

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#808000 color codes

HEX: #808000
RGB: rgb(128, 128, 0)
HSL: hsl(60, 100%, 25%)
OKLCH: oklch(0.581 0.127 109.8)
OKLab: oklab(0.581 -0.043 0.119)
CIELAB (D65): L* 51.87, a* -12.93, b* 56.67
XYZ (D65): X 16.62, Y 20.03, Z 2.99
CMYK (naive): cmyk(0%, 0%, 100%, 50%)

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 #808000 accessible?

Black text on it reaches 5.00:1, passing AA. White text manages only 4.19:1, 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.

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Black text on it

5.00:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +35
White text on it

4.19:1
- AA fails
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −74
As text on black

5.00:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −32
As text on white

4.19:1
- AA fails
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +68

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

For text on white

#7A7A00 4.55:1

Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.58 to 0.56 reaches 4.55:1 on white, keeping the hue.

Compare both in the Contrast System
For text on black

#808000 5.00:1

It already reaches 5.00:1 on black, so no change is needed.

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Studio

Adjust #808000 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 #808000

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #808000 sits at step 500.

50#F9FCAC

White
1.07
Black
19.54
100#EFF29F

White
1.17
Black
17.87
200#DCDE86

White
1.41
Black
14.83
300#C3C465

White
1.84
Black
11.40
400#A7A842

White
2.52
Black
8.32
500This color#808000

White
4.19
Black
5.00
600#747400

White
4.95
Black
4.24
700#5C5C00

White
7.03
Black
2.98
800#434300

White
10.28
Black
2.04
900#2B2B00

White
14.50
Black
1.44
950#171700

White
18.11
Black
1.15

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

Gamut

How vivid #808000 can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.127; #808000 uses 100% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.147 there: 16% more.

sRGB
Display P3
Rec. 2020
Dominant wavelength

OKLCH chroma: 0.127
sRGB edge: 0.127
Display P3 edge: 0.147
Rec. 2020 edge: 0.151
Dominant wavelength: 570 nm
Excitation purity: 79%
Chromaticity: x 0.4193, y 0.5052

This color#808000
Most vivid in sRGB#808000
Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.581 0.147 109.8)

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

Use the wider color where screens show it

.accent {
  color: #808000;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 0.5064 0.5034 0); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #808000

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%#C0C080
OKLab50%#BDBF90
OKLCH50%#BDBF90

Black #000000

sRGB50%#404000
OKLab50%#2E2E00
OKLCH50%#2E2E00

Its complement #7A6CC0

sRGB50%#7D7660
OKLab50%#7A7B7A
OKLCH50%#008C91

In CSS

/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #808000, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #808000 50%, white);

In use

#808000 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, 4.5:15.00:1 Passes
Link and body-size textText, 4.5:14.19:1 Fails
Large headingLarge text, 3:14.19:1 Passes
Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:14.19:1 Passes

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #7A7A00 4.55:1

Dark page

Button labelText, 4.5:15.00:1 Passes
Link and body-size textText, 4.5:14.46:1 Fails
Large headingLarge text, 3:14.46:1 Passes
Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:14.46:1 Passes

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #818204 4.57:1

Color vision

How #808000 looks with color blindness

Achromatopsia changes it most, ΔE2000 25.2; deuteranopia changes it least, 4.9.

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

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Protanopia

No working red (long-wavelength) cones

#8B7A00 ΔE2000 5.3

Noticeable

Reads as soft amber
Deuteranopia

No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

#8D7D13 ΔE2000 4.9

Close match

Reads as soft amber
Tritanopia

No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

#8A776C ΔE2000 23.9

Distinct

Reads as grayish orange
Achromatopsia

No cone color vision; lightness only

#7C7C7C ΔE2000 25.2

Distinct

Reads as gray

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #7A6CC0. Their lightness contrast is only 1.05:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.

Vision	The pair	ΔE2000	Verdict
Normal vision	#808000 · #7A6CC0	60.7	Stays distinct
Protanopia	#8B7A00 · #5079C3	52.8	Stays distinct
Deuteranopia	#8D7D13 · #5076BE	51.9	Stays distinct
Tritanopia	#8A776C · #687C8D	19.7	Stays distinct
Achromatopsia	#7C7C7C · #787878	1.6	Easily confused

Harmony

Color harmonies for #808000

Its complement is #7A6CC0, a soft violet, on the cool side of the wheel.

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

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Base#808000
Complement#7A6CC0

Complementary

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−30°#A07100
Base#808000
+30°#4F8C40

Analogous

Open in Harmony Studio

Base#808000
+120°#0086B1
+240°#B05885

Triadic

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Base#808000
+150°#4C7AC5
+210°#9B60A9

Split-complementary

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Code

Design tokens

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

CSS custom property

:root {
  --color-olive: #808000;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        olive: '#808000',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

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

@theme {
  --color-olive: oklch(0.581 0.127 109.8);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "olive": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.502, 0.502, 0],
        "hex": "#808000"
      },
      "$description": "CSS named color olive"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let olive = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.502, green: 0.502, blue: 0.000, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val Olive = Color(0xFF808000)
}

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 #808000

#808000 color codes

Contrast: is #808000 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 #808000 live

Shades and tints of #808000

How vivid #808000 can get

Mixing #808000

#808000 in an interface

How #808000 looks with color blindness

Protanopia

Deuteranopia

Tritanopia

Achromatopsia

Pairing check

Color harmonies for #808000

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

Open #808000 in the tools