Olive Green

About Olive Green

Olive Green is the hex color #6B8E23, which translates to rgb(107, 142, 35) in RGB and hsl(80, 60%, 35%) in HSL. On the color wheel it sits at 80 degrees, with a saturation of 60 percent and a lightness of 35 percent. That combination gives Olive Green a saturated mid tone: strong enough for buttons and links, still calm enough for larger areas.

How Olive Green compares

Olive Green is exactly the CSS keyword olivedrab, so you can write the keyword instead of the hex and get an identical result. In the Tailwind CSS 4.3.1 palette the nearest token is lime-700 (#497D00), at a distance of 10.4. Inside this library the closest neighbour is Olive Drab at 16.1. Sorted by lightness, Olive Green is number 12 of the 30 green colors here.

Text on Olive Green

One of the five common text colors below clears WCAG AA for normal text on Olive Green, led by Ink black at 5.03:1. The ratios are computed with the WCAG relative luminance formula, the same one the contrast checker uses, which opens with Olive Green already loaded as the background.

Building a palette around Olive Green

The pairings above give you three classic starting points. The complementary color sits opposite on the wheel and works well as an accent that draws the eye. The analogous colors sit right beside Olive Green for calmer, harmonious combinations. The triadic pair spaces three hues evenly for a balanced, energetic palette. Open any swatch to explore it as its own color.

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Last updated 5 August 2026 by FusionStudios. Every value on this page is computed by the same functions the tools use. How this is calculated.