Olive Green colour
A dark yellowish-green named after the olive fruit. Earthy and military-associated, it is a staple of natural and vintage palettes.
Olive Green colour codes
Complementary palette
Triad palette
Monochromatic palette
Lighter tints
Darker shades
About olive green
A dark yellowish-green named after the olive fruit. Earthy and military-associated, it is a staple of natural and vintage palettes. The value shown here (#808000) is a widely used representation — descriptive colour names like this cover a small range rather than one fixed code, so feel free to nudge it in the colour picker to suit your project.
Palettes that work with olive green
The complementary colour (#000080) sits opposite olive green on the wheel for high contrast, while the triad spreads three balanced hues. For subtle, layered designs the monochromatic set keeps the same hue at different lightness. All are generated automatically above — click any swatch to copy.
Using olive green in your design
For CSS, paste #808000 or the oklch(0.58 0.13 110) value, or download the ready-made olive-green.css file above — it includes a full 50–950 token scale. Always check contrast before using olive green behind text.