Olive green
#808000
Olive green (#808000) is a dark, vivid yellow colour, warm. In RGB it is 128 red, 128 green and 0 blue; in HSL its hue is 60°, its saturation 100% and its lightness 25%. For print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 100% yellow and 50% black, though printed colours vary with paper and ink.
Yellow is the brightest colour to the eye: cheerful, optimistic and hard to miss. On its own it can be hard to read, so pair it with a dark colour for text.
Text on olive green
White text on olive green has a contrast ratio of 4.20:1 and passes AA for large text only; black text has 5.01:1 and passes AA. Black text is the better choice on it. Check other pairs in the contrast checker.
White text · 4.20:1
Black text · 5.01:1
Tints and shades of olive green
Colour palettes with olive green
Colours similar to olive green
Use olive green in CSS
.button {
background-color: #808000;
color: #000000;
}Make a full Tailwind scale from it with the Tailwind shades generator, or see more shades of yellow.