Olive Drab is the CSS named color #6B8E23 — rgb(107, 142, 35), hsl(80, 60%, 35%). Its relative luminance is 0.226, giving 3.81:1 against white and 5.52:1 against black, so it works as a text color on black.
| HEX | #6B8E23 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(107, 142, 35) |
| HSL | hsl(80, 60%, 35%) |
| Relative luminance | 0.2259 |
| Contrast on white | 3.81:1 large text only |
| Contrast on black | 5.52:1 AA pass |
Built by mixing olivedrab 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.
olivedrab is #6B8E23, which is rgb(107, 142, 35) and hsl(80, 60%, 35%). It is one of the 148 CSS named colors defined by the CSS Color Module Level 4.
Olive Drab has a relative luminance of 0.226 on a 0–1 scale, so it is a dark color. Against white it scores 3.81:1; against black, 5.52:1.
olivedrab reaches 5.52:1 against black, which clears WCAG 2.2 AA for normal text (4.5:1) at any size.