Nearest-color comparison

Olive Green vs Olive Leaf

Olive Green and Olive Leaf are different green colors with HEX values #708238 and #6B8E23. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 24.7, their contrast ratio is 1.12:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.

Olive Green and Olive Leaf are very close colors. Olive Leaf is the lighter option. Olive Green reads warmer. Their mutual contrast is 1.12:1, so the pair is too low for text and better treated as a palette relationship.

Differences Use cases Accessibility JSON

Olive Green#708238

Olive Leaf#6B8E23

Quick Difference Summary

The main measurable differences between Olive Green and Olive Leaf across RGB distance, luminance, hue, saturation, and contrast.

RGB distance24.7

Pair contrast1.12:1

Luminance delta0.0289

Hue delta5 deg

Lighter colorOlive Leaf

More saturatedOlive Leaf

Side-by-Side Color Profiles

green color

Olive Green

Olive Green is #708238, a warm green color with earth tone and muted character. Compared with Olive Leaf, it is darker and less saturated. Use it for heritage palettes, outdoor brands, and natural product design, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#708238 RGB112, 130, 56 HSL75, 40, 36 CMYK14, 0, 57, 49 Luminance0.197 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

green color

Olive Leaf

Olive Leaf is #6B8E23, a cool green color with earth tone and jewel tone character. Compared with Olive Green, it is lighter and more saturated. Use it for botanical palettes, natural product design, and seasonal editorial palettes, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#6B8E23 RGB107, 142, 35 HSL80, 60, 35 CMYK25, 0, 75, 44 Luminance0.2259 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

When to Use Olive Green or Olive Leaf

Choose Olive GreenOlive Green is better when the design needs earth tone and muted green character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #708238.

Choose Olive LeafOlive Leaf is better when the design needs earth tone and jewel tone green character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #6B8E23.

Use togetherUse these colors together as related palette neighbors, subtle material differences, or tonal alternatives rather than readable foreground/background pairs.

Technical Comparison Table

PropertyOlive GreenOlive Leaf

HEX#708238#6B8E23

RGB112, 130, 56107, 142, 35

HSL75, 40, 3680, 60, 35

CMYK14, 0, 57, 4925, 0, 75, 44

FamilyGreenGreen

TemperatureWarmCool

ToneEarth Tone, MutedEarth Tone, Jewel Tone

Luminance0.1970.2259

Black contrast4.94:15.52:1

White contrast4.25:13.81:1

Shared tonesEarth Tone

Accessibility and Contrast

Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.

Olive Greenblack text - 4.94:1

Olive Leafblack text - 5.52:1

Related Palette Strip

A compact visual strip showing the two compared colors with nearby harmony and variant context.

Olive Green#708238

Olive Leaf#6B8E23

#A1B95B#A1B95B

#9FCF3F#9FCF3F

#493781#493781

#47248F#47248F

colorsBoth named color records with HEX, RGB, HSL, CMYK, luminance, WCAG, and links

differencesRGB distance, HSL deltas, luminance delta, contrast, and shared attributes

accessibilityPair contrast and safer text choices for each color

useCasesWhen to choose each color and when to use them together

relatedApiMachine-readable comparison and color endpoints

Structured sections

Colors

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      "label": "black text",
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    },
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  },
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    },
    "description": "Olive Leaf is #6B8E23, a cool green color with earth tone and jewel tone character. Compared with Olive Green, it is lighter and more saturated. Use it for botanical palettes, natural product design, and seasonal editorial palettes, with black text as the safer foreground option.",
    "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/olive-leaf/",
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Differences

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  "contrastRatio": 1.12,
  "hslDelta": {
    "hue": 5,
    "saturation": 20,
    "lightness": 1
  },
  "luminanceDelta": 0.0289,
  "sameFamily": true,
  "sameTemperature": false,
  "sharedTones": [
    "earth-tone"
  ],
  "lighterColor": "Olive Leaf",
  "moreSaturatedColor": "Olive Leaf"
}

Accessibility

{
  "pairContrastRatio": 1.12,
  "textRecommendation": "Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.",
  "safeText": [
    {
      "color": "Olive Green",
      "background": "#708238",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 4.94
    },
    {
      "color": "Olive Leaf",
      "background": "#6B8E23",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 5.52
    }
  ]
}

Use cases

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  "chooseSecondWhen": "Olive Leaf is better when the design needs earth tone and jewel tone green character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #6B8E23.",
  "useTogetherWhen": "Use these colors together as related palette neighbors, subtle material differences, or tonal alternatives rather than readable foreground/background pairs."
}

Related API

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  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/compare/olive-green-vs-olive-leaf.json",
  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/olive-green.json",
  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/olive-leaf.json"
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Full JSON dataset

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