Olive (#808000) is a dark, vivid yellow. It is a CSS named color, so you can use it in stylesheets as color: olive as well as by its hex code. In RGB it is rgb(128, 128, 0); in HSL, hsl(60, 100%, 25%).
| Hex | #808000 |
|---|---|
| CSS name | olive |
| RGB | rgb(128, 128, 0) |
| HSL | hsl(60, 100%, 25%) |
| CMYK | 0%, 0%, 100%, 50% |
| CSS example | color: #808000; background-color: rgb(128, 128, 0); |
The hue is calculated at seven exact lightness levels for use in backgrounds, borders, text and hover states. These values are not substituted with nearby named colors.
Complementary — maximum contrast, from opposite sides of the color wheel:
Analogous — neighbours on the wheel, naturally harmonious:
Triadic — three colors evenly spaced for balanced variety:
Tetradic — four colors at 90° intervals:
On a #808000 background, black text gives the better contrast. WCAG requires 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text (AA), or 7:1 and 4.5:1 for AAA.
| Text color | Contrast ratio | Normal text | Large text |
|---|---|---|---|
| White text (#ffffff) | 4.20:1 | Fails | AA |
| Black text (#000000) | 5.01:1 | AA | AAA |
The CSS named colors closest to #808000:
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