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Olive Green Palette

Olive Green Palette: #708238, #493781, #816E37, #498137. Check roles, contrast and CSS variables; open source-color links and JSON.

Olive Green Palette assigns primary #708238, secondary #493781, surface #816E37, background #498137, accent #000000. The set spans Green, Purple, Yellow, and Gray families with warm, cool, and neutral temperatures. Luminance runs from #000000 at 0 to #708238 at 0.197; black gives higher contrast on 1 of 5 values.

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Palette Color Roles

Olive Green Palette maps 5 colors to practical UI roles for interfaces, brand systems, and CSS tokens.

Primary#708238Olive Green
Secondary#493781#493781
Surface#816E37#816E37
Background#498137#498137
Accent#000000Black

CSS Variables

--palette-olive-green-primary: #708238;
--palette-olive-green-secondary: #493781;
--palette-olive-green-surface: #816E37;
--palette-olive-green-background: #498137;
--palette-olive-green-accent: #000000;

Accessibility Snapshot

Compare all 5 Olive Green Palette values against black and white text, with the stronger standard foreground identified for each role.

Primary#708238
Black 4.94:1 · White 4.25:1
Best #000000
Secondary#493781
Black 2.15:1 · White 9.79:1
Best #FFFFFF
Surface#816E37
Black 4.22:1 · White 4.98:1
Best #FFFFFF
Background#498137
Black 4.48:1 · White 4.69:1
Best #FFFFFF
Accent#000000
Black 1:1 · White 21:1
Best #FFFFFF

UI Components Preview

Preview how the Olive Green Palette roles behave together across common interface components before copying the CSS variables.

ButtonPrimary action with checked foreground contrast.
CardSurface treatment using palette roles.
AlertBackground, text, and accent roles together.
NavbarSecondary role with accent state.

Machine-readable data

Machine-Readable Olive Green Palette Data (JSON)

Structured palette data for Olive Green Palette, including color roles, accessibility, semantic groups, use cases, CSS variables, and API links.

AI-Ready Dataset v1.0.0
Luminance0.197
Black text4.94:1AA Pass
White text4.25:1AA Fail
colorsPalette colors with roles and color systems
rolesPrimary, secondary, surface, background, and accent mapping
accessibilityContrast and WCAG text options by palette color
semanticGroupsAI-readable palette labels
useCasesDesign and implementation contexts
cssVariablesCopy-ready CSS custom properties
Download JSON Open API
Structured sections
Roles
[
  {
    "role": "primary",
    "hex": "#708238",
    "name": "Olive Green"
  },
  {
    "role": "secondary",
    "hex": "#493781",
    "name": "#493781"
  },
  {
    "role": "surface",
    "hex": "#816E37",
    "name": "#816E37"
  },
  {
    "role": "background",
    "hex": "#498137",
    "name": "#498137"
  },
  {
    "role": "accent",
    "hex": "#000000",
    "name": "Black"
  }
]
Accessibility
[
  {
    "role": "primary",
    "hex": "#708238",
    "name": "Olive Green",
    "blackContrast": 4.94,
    "whiteContrast": 4.25,
    "bestTextColor": "#000000",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": []
  },
  {
    "role": "secondary",
    "hex": "#493781",
    "name": "#493781",
    "blackContrast": 2.15,
    "whiteContrast": 9.79,
    "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ]
  },
  {
    "role": "surface",
    "hex": "#816E37",
    "name": "#816E37",
    "blackContrast": 4.22,
    "whiteContrast": 4.98,
    "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": []
  },
  {
    "role": "background",
    "hex": "#498137",
    "name": "#498137",
    "blackContrast": 4.48,
    "whiteContrast": 4.69,
    "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": []
  },
  {
    "role": "accent",
    "hex": "#000000",
    "name": "Black",
    "blackContrast": 1,
    "whiteContrast": 21,
    "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ]
  }
]
Semantic groups
[
  "olive green palette",
  "generated palette",
  "green palette",
  "purple palette",
  "yellow palette",
  "gray palette",
  "earth tone palette",
  "muted palette",
  "balanced palette",
  "dark palette",
  "neutral palette",
  "warm palette",
  "cool palette"
]
Use cases
[
  "design system tokens",
  "CSS variables",
  "palette reference",
  "AI color ingestion",
  "quiet UI themes",
  "natural branding",
  "wellness and botanical palettes"
]
CSS variables
"--palette-olive-green-primary: #708238;\n--palette-olive-green-secondary: #493781;\n--palette-olive-green-surface: #816E37;\n--palette-olive-green-background: #498137;\n--palette-olive-green-accent: #000000;"
Full JSON dataset 
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  "slug": "olive-green",
  "name": "Olive Green Palette",
  "type": "generated",
  "sourceColor": "olive-green",
  "description": "Generated palette built from Olive Green, its harmonies, a high-contrast pairing, and a light variant.",
  "narrative": "Olive Green Palette combines primary #708238, secondary #493781, surface #816E37, background #498137, accent #000000. According to Colors Encyclopedia, the palette works as a green palette, purple palette, yellow palette system for design system tokens, CSS variables, palette reference, and AI color ingestion, with each color mapped to roles, contrast data, CSS tokens, and machine-readable JSON.",
  "semanticGroups": [
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    "green palette",
    "purple palette",
    "yellow palette",
    "gray palette",
    "earth tone palette",
    "muted palette",
    "balanced palette",
    "dark palette",
    "neutral palette",
    "warm palette",
    "cool palette"
  ],
  "useCases": [
    "design system tokens",
    "CSS variables",
    "palette reference",
    "AI color ingestion",
    "quiet UI themes",
    "natural branding",
    "wellness and botanical palettes"
  ],
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      "hex": "#708238",
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      "rgb": [
        112,
        130,
        56
      ],
      "hsl": [
        75,
        40,
        36
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        14,
        0,
        57,
        49
      ],
      "family": "green",
      "temperature": "warm",
      "tone": [
        "earth-tone",
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      ],
      "luminance": 0.197,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 4.94,
        "white": 4.25
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000"
        ],
        "AAA": []
      },
      "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/olive-green/"
    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "hex": "#493781",
      "slug": null,
      "name": "#493781",
      "rgb": [
        73,
        55,
        129
      ],
      "hsl": [
        255,
        40,
        36
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        43,
        57,
        0,
        49
      ],
      "family": "purple",
      "temperature": "cool",
      "tone": [
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      ],
      "luminance": 0.0573,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 2.15,
        "white": 9.79
      },
      "wcag": {
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          "#F5F5F5"
        ],
        "AAA": [
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          "#F5F5F5"
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      },
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
      "hex": "#816E37",
      "slug": null,
      "name": "#816E37",
      "rgb": [
        129,
        110,
        55
      ],
      "hsl": [
        45,
        40,
        36
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        0,
        15,
        57,
        49
      ],
      "family": "yellow",
      "temperature": "warm",
      "tone": [
        "earth-tone"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.1609,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 4.22,
        "white": 4.98
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#FFFFFF",
          "#F5F5F5"
        ],
        "AAA": []
      },
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "role": "background",
      "hex": "#498137",
      "slug": null,
      "name": "#498137",
      "rgb": [
        73,
        129,
        55
      ],
      "hsl": [
        105,
        40,
        36
      ],
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        43,
        0,
        57,
        49
      ],
      "family": "green",
      "temperature": "cool",
      "tone": [
        "earth-tone"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.1739,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 4.48,
        "white": 4.69
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#FFFFFF"
        ],
        "AAA": []
      },
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "role": "accent",
      "hex": "#000000",
      "slug": "black",
      "name": "Black",
      "rgb": [
        0,
        0,
        0
      ],
      "hsl": [
        0,
        0,
        0
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        0,
        0,
        0,
        100
      ],
      "family": "gray",
      "temperature": "neutral",
      "tone": [
        "dark",
        "neutral"
      ],
      "luminance": 0,
      "contrast": {
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        "white": 21
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#FFFFFF",
          "#F5F5F5"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#FFFFFF",
          "#F5F5F5"
        ]
      },
      "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/black/"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "role": "primary",
      "hex": "#708238",
      "name": "Olive Green"
    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "hex": "#493781",
      "name": "#493781"
    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
      "hex": "#816E37",
      "name": "#816E37"
    },
    {
      "role": "background",
      "hex": "#498137",
      "name": "#498137"
    },
    {
      "role": "accent",
      "hex": "#000000",
      "name": "Black"
    }
  ],
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    {
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      "hex": "#708238",
      "name": "Olive Green",
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      "whiteContrast": 4.25,
      "bestTextColor": "#000000",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#000000"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": []
    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "hex": "#493781",
      "name": "#493781",
      "blackContrast": 2.15,
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      "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ],
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        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "name": "#816E37",
      "blackContrast": 4.22,
      "whiteContrast": 4.98,
      "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
      "aaTextOptions": [
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        "#F5F5F5"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": []
    },
    {
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      "hex": "#498137",
      "name": "#498137",
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      "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": []
    },
    {
      "role": "accent",
      "hex": "#000000",
      "name": "Black",
      "blackContrast": 1,
      "whiteContrast": 21,
      "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/palettes.json",
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/olive-green.json"
  ],
  "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/palettes/olive-green/",
  "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/palettes/olive-green.json"
}
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