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Olive Color

#808000

Olive Color

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A dark yellow-green named after the color of unripe olives.

Nearest Tailwind class lime-700 #497d00 · ΔE 13

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Conversions

HEX

#808000

RGB

rgb(128, 128, 0)

HSL

hsl(60, 100%, 25.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 100%, 50.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 100%, 49.8%)

LAB

lab(51.87, -12.93, 56.67)

LCH

lch(51.87, 58.13, 102.85)

OKLCH

oklch(58.1%, 0.1266, 109.77)

HWB

hwb(60, 0%, 49.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#000080

Analogous

#804000

#808000

#408000

Triadic

#808000

#008080

#800080

Split-complementary

#808000

#004080

#400080

Tetradic

#808000

#008000

#000080

#800080

Square

#808000

#008040

#000080

#800040

Shades

Olive Color mixed toward black.

#6b6b00

#555500

#404000

#2b2b00

#151500

Tints

Olive Color mixed toward white.

#c0c000

#ffff00

#ffff40

#ffff80

#ffffbf

Tones

Olive Color mixed toward gray.

#75750b

#6b6b15

#606020

#55552b

#4b4b35

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.2:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.01:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.01:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#808041 · ΔE 7.5

Deuteranopia

#808048 · ΔE 9

Tritanopia

#80565a · ΔE 38.3

Achromatopsia

#7c7c7c · ΔE 25.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #808000;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#808000]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Yellow #ffff00

Dark Khaki #bdb76b

Frequently asked questions

Olive (#808000) is rgb(128, 128, 0) in RGB.

No, #808000 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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