Olive is the CSS named color #808000 — rgb(128, 128, 0), hsl(60, 100%, 25%). Its relative luminance is 0.200, giving 4.20:1 against white and 5.01:1 against black, so it works as a text color on black.
| HEX | #808000 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(128, 128, 0) |
| HSL | hsl(60, 100%, 25%) |
| Relative luminance | 0.2003 |
| Contrast on white | 4.20:1 large text only |
| Contrast on black | 5.01:1 AA pass |
Built by mixing olive toward white (four steps) and toward black (four steps) while keeping the hue. Use the shades generator for a different step count or to add harmony sets.
Closest by CIELAB distance (ΔE76). For perceptual matching in a design system, compare in OKLab before locking a token.
olive is #808000, which is rgb(128, 128, 0) and hsl(60, 100%, 25%). It is one of the 148 CSS named colors defined by the CSS Color Module Level 4.
Olive has a relative luminance of 0.200 on a 0–1 scale, so it is a dark color. Against white it scores 4.20:1; against black, 5.01:1.
olive reaches 5.01:1 against black, which clears WCAG 2.2 AA for normal text (4.5:1) at any size.