GREEN

Olive Drab

#708238

Conversions

HEX#708238

RGBrgb(112, 130, 56)

HSLhsl(75, 40%, 36%)

HSVhsv(75, 57%, 51%)

CMYKcmyk(14%, 0%, 57%, 49%)

Copy CSS

color: #708238;
/* rgb  */ color: rgb(112, 130, 56);
/* hsl  */ color: hsl(75, 40%, 36%);

Contrast

On whiteFail · 4.25 : 1

On ink blackPass · 4.50 : 1

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About Olive Drab

Olive Drab is the hex color #708238, which translates to rgb(112, 130, 56) in RGB and hsl(75, 40%, 36%) in HSL. On the color wheel it sits at 75 degrees, with a saturation of 40 percent and a lightness of 36 percent. That combination puts Olive Drab in the workable middle of the green family, neither pastel nor fully saturated.

How Olive Drab compares

The closest standard CSS keyword is darkolivegreen (#556B2F), a CIE76 distance of 11.4 away in CIELAB. That is a visible difference, so the keyword is not a substitute here. In the Tailwind CSS 4.3.1 palette the nearest token is lime-800 (#3C6300), at a distance of 18.3. Inside this library the closest neighbour is Fern Green at 14.7. Sorted by lightness, Olive Drab is number 16 of the 30 green colors here.

Text on Olive Drab

One of the five common text colors below clears WCAG AA for normal text on Olive Drab, led by Ink black at 4.50:1. The ratios are computed with the WCAG relative luminance formula, the same one the contrast checker uses, which opens with Olive Drab already loaded as the background.

Contrast of common text colors on Olive Drab. AA normal text needs 4.5:1, AA large text and non-text elements need 3:1, AAA normal text needs 7:1.
Text color	Ratio	AA normal	AA large	AAA normal
White #FFFFFF	4.25:1	Fail	Pass	Fail
Ink black #0F0F12	4.50:1	Pass	Pass	Fail
Mid grey #6B7280	1.14:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Dark grey #374151	2.42:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Light grey #E5E7EB	3.43:1	Fail	Pass	Fail

Building a palette around Olive Drab

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 Drab 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.

Full values for Olive Drab

Format	Value
HEX	#708238
RGB	rgb(112, 130, 56)
HSL	hsl(75, 40%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(75, 57%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 0%, 57%, 49%)
OKLCH	oklch(57.54% 0.1019 121.09)
CIELAB	lab(51.49 -18.45 37.28)

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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.