Olive#808000

#808000 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.127 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Olive — editorial page

Color values

HEX	#808000
RGB	rgb(128, 128, 0)
HSL	hsl(60, 100%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(60, 100%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 100%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.87, -12.93, 56.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.87, 58.13, 102.85°)
OKLab	oklab(58.07% -0.0428 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(58.07% 0.127 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.6220, 20.0281, 2.9902)
Luminance	0.2003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#808000 #000080

analogous

#804000 #808000 #408000

triadic

#808000 #008080 #800080

tetradic

#808000 #008040 #000080 #800040

square

#808000 #008040 #000080 #800040

split-complementary

#808000 #004080 #400080

monochromatic

#1F1F00 #434300 #808000 #BDBD00 #FAFA00

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#808000 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#808000 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #808000

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##808000	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##808000	1.00	4.20	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7A00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7D13

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A776C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

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#000000

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#9C9841

#A9A458

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#DCD7B6

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#FFFFFF

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#827E40

Palettes with this color

Sage Green Color Palette

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #808000;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(128, 128, 0);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.127 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a9a458',
    500: '#808000',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #808000;
$custom-light: #a9a458;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#808000",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 128,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 0
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58066,
    "c": 0.12658,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#808000

secondary

#2121BB

accent

#29FF29

background

#FAFAF5

surface

#F4F4E9

border

#CECEC5

text

#100F04

muted

#7F7F79

Preview Lab

Preview with #808000

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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