Palettes / Colors / #809209

#809209 — Vivid Yellow

#809209 is a yellow color we call Vivid Yellow, closest to the named color Olive (#808000). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: olive (#808000) — not an exact match. CSS olive gives you #808000, a different color; use #809209 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.

#809209 is a warm yellow color associated with optimism, attention and cheer. 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 #1B0990; it also sits naturally between #905E09 and #3B9009. 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 50% · Green 57% · Blue 4%

Cyan 12% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 94% · Key 43%

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

Previews

CSS code for #809209

.text { color: #809209; }
.background { background-color: #809209; }
.border { border: 3px solid #809209; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(128, 146, 9); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(68, 88%, 30%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #809209; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(128, 146, 9, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #809209; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(128, 146, 9, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#809209">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#809209">Div content here</div>

Shades of #809209

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #1B0990:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #809209: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #809209

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 #809209 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 #809209 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

← #809208  ·  #80920A →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #809209?

#809209 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 128, 146, 9). Its closest standard named color is Olive.

What is the RGB and HSL of #809209?

#809209 is RGB 128, 146, 9 — HSL 68°, 88%, 30% — CMYK 12%, 0%, 94%, 43%.

What colors go with #809209?

Its complement is #1B0990; analogous partners are #905E09 and #3B9009. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #809209 for text?

Black text on #809209 has a contrast ratio of 6.03:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.48:1.