HEX atlas value

#808000

#808000 is a warm yellow HEX color nearest Olive. RGB 128, 128, 0, HSL 60° 100% 25%, luminance 0.2003; view contrast and conversions.

yellow warm balanced

#808000 Sample readable text

HEX #808000

RGB rgb(128, 128, 0)

HSL hsl(60 100% 25%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 0, 100, 50)

Luminance 0.2003

Contrast Black 5.01:1White 4.19:1

CSS

--color-808000: #808000;
.background-808000 { background-color: #808000; }
.text-808000 { color: #808000; }

HEX meaning and use

About #808000

#808000 is classified as a warm yellow value with balanced visual character. #808000 is visually closest to Olive, a named yellow color with HEX #808000.

The RGB channels are 128, 128, and 0, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 60deg with 100% saturation and 25% lightness, so this page treats it as a high-saturation, dark atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and highlight and warning systems. Its luminance is 0.2003, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 0.00, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text5.01:1AA Pass

White text4.19:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000.

AAA text options: none in seed set.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #808000 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000005.01:1 · AA

White text#FFFFFF4.19:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

Navy Blue#000080 · #FFFFFF text · best 16.01:1 #242400#242400 · #FFFFFF text · best 15.81:1 #DBDB00#DBDB00 · #000000 text · best 14.14:1 #804000#804000 · #FFFFFF text · best 7.92:1 Olive Leaf#6B8E23 · #000000 text · best 5.52:1

Generated Palette

Olive#808000

Navy Blue#000080

#804000#804000

#408000#408000

#DBDB00#DBDB00

#242400#242400

Color Harmonies

Navy Blue#000080

#804000#804000

#408000#408000

#007F80#007F80

#80007F#80007F

Variants

#DBDB00#DBDB00

#242400#242400

#7F8000#7F8000

#71710E#71710E

#ECEC13#ECEC13

#A8A800#A8A800

Nearest Named Colors

Olive#808000

Avocado#568203

Olive Drab#6B8E23

Olive Leaf#6B8E23

Fern Frond#657220

Luminance0.2003

Black text5.01:1AA Pass

White text4.19:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#808000","rgb":[128,128,0],"hsl":[60,100,25],"cmyk":[0,0,100,50],"luminance":0.2003,"contrast":{"black":5.01,"white":4.19}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000"],"AAA":[]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":5.01,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":false},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":4.19,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"Navy Blue","hex":"#000080","family":"blue","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.31,"contrastWhite":16.01,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#242400","hex":"#242400","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.33,"contrastWhite":15.81,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#DBDB00","hex":"#DBDB00","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":14.14,"contrastWhite":1.48,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#804000","hex":"#804000","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.65,"contrastWhite":7.92,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"Olive Leaf","hex":"#6B8E23","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":5.52,"contrastWhite":3.81,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":[]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm yellow","balanced","balanced yellow","Olive adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","highlight and warning systems"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/808000.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/olive.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/avocado.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/olive-drab.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#000080","analogous":["#804000","#408000"],"triadic":["#007F80","#80007F"],"tetradic":["#008040","#000080","#800040"],"splitComplementary":["#004080","#400080"],"monochromatic":["#DBDB00","#808000","#242400"]}

Variants

{"light":"#DBDB00","dark":"#242400","saturated":"#7F8000","desaturated":"#71710E","pastel":"#ECEC13","neon":"#A8A800"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"olive","name":"Olive","hex":"#808000","distance":0},{"slug":"avocado","name":"Avocado","hex":"#568203","distance":42.15447781671598},{"slug":"olive-drab","name":"Olive Drab","hex":"#6B8E23","distance":43.15089802078283},{"slug":"olive-leaf","name":"Olive Leaf","hex":"#6B8E23","distance":43.15089802078283},{"slug":"fern-frond","name":"Fern Frond","hex":"#657220","distance":44.14748010928823}]

#808000

CSS

About #808000

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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