Palettes / Colors / #4E8A05

#4E8A05 — Vivid Green

#4E8A05 is a green color we call Vivid Green, closest to the named color OliveDrab (#6B8E23). It belongs to the green family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: olivedrab (#6B8E23) — not an exact match. CSS olivedrab gives you #6B8E23, a different color; use #4E8A05 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#4E8A05 is a warm-leaning green color associated with growth, calm and balance. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #41058A; it also sits naturally between #8A8305 and #0C8A05. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 31% · Green 54% · Blue 2%

Cyan 43% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 96% · Key 46%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

CSS code for #4E8A05

.text { color: #4E8A05; }
.background { background-color: #4E8A05; }
.border { border: 3px solid #4E8A05; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(78, 138, 5); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(87, 93%, 28%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #4E8A05; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(78, 138, 5, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #4E8A05; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(78, 138, 5, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#4E8A05">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#4E8A05">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #41058A:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #4E8A05: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #4E8A05

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

How #4E8A05 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #4E8A05 rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

Browse neighbouring colors

← #4E8A04  ·  #4E8A06 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #4E8A05?

#4E8A05 is Vivid Green, a green color (RGB 78, 138, 5). Its closest standard named color is OliveDrab.

What is the RGB and HSL of #4E8A05?

#4E8A05 is RGB 78, 138, 5 — HSL 87°, 93%, 28% — CMYK 43%, 0%, 96%, 46%.

What colors go with #4E8A05?

Its complement is #41058A; analogous partners are #8A8305 and #0C8A05. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #4E8A05 for text?

Black text on #4E8A05 has a contrast ratio of 4.96:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 4.23:1.