Home
Colors
Greens
Olive Drab Color

#6b8e23

Olive Drab Color

Greens

A dull yellow-green historically used as a standard color for military uniforms and equipment.

Nearest Tailwind class lime-700 #497d00 · ΔE 8.1

Open in Palette generator Color wheel Color mixer Contrast checker Blindness simulator Gradient

Conversions

HEX

#6b8e23

RGB

rgb(107, 142, 35)

HSL

hsl(79.6, 60.5%, 34.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(79.6, 75.4%, 55.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.6%, 0%, 75.4%, 44.3%)

LAB

lab(54.65, -28.22, 49.69)

LCH

lch(54.65, 57.14, 119.59)

OKLCH

oklch(60%, 0.1374, 126.33)

HWB

hwb(79.6, 13.7%, 44.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#46238e

Analogous

#8e7b23

#6b8e23

#368e23

Triadic

#6b8e23

#236b8e

#8e236b

Split-complementary

#6b8e23

#23368e

#7b238e

Tetradic

#6b8e23

#238e46

#46238e

#8e236b

Square

#6b8e23

#238e7b

#46238e

#8e2336

Shades

Olive Drab Color mixed toward black.

#59761d

#475f17

#364711

#242f0c

#121806

Tints

Olive Drab Color mixed toward white.

#8dbb2e

#a7d34d

#bdde79

#d3e9a6

#e9f4d2

Tones

Olive Drab Color mixed toward gray.

#68852c

#657c35

#62733e

#5f6a47

#5c6150

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.81:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.52:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.52:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7c7c4f · ΔE 12.8

Deuteranopia

#7a7756 · ΔE 16.1

Tritanopia

#6d6468 · ΔE 34

Achromatopsia

#838383 · ΔE 25.2

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #6b8e23;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6b8e23]

Related colors

Yellow Green #9acd32

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Green Yellow #adff2f

Chartreuse #7fff00

Lawn Green #7cfc00

Ivory #fffff0

Frequently asked questions

Olive Drab (#6b8e23) is rgb(107, 142, 35) in RGB.

No, #6b8e23 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

Related tools

Colors

HEX to RGB Converter

Convert any HEX color code to its RGB and HSL equivalents, live, with copy-to-clipboard values.

Try it → Accessibility

Contrast Checker

Check the WCAG contrast ratio between any two colors, live, with AA/AAA pass-fail results.

Try it → Generators

Palette Generator

Generate complementary, analogous, triadic, split-complementary, tetradic, square, and monochromatic palettes from any base color.

Try it →

Build something with this color

Generate a full palette from #6b8e23, or check how it holds up for accessibility.

Generate a palette → Check contrast