Palettes / Colors / #809308

#809308 — Vivid Yellow

#809308 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 #809308 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.

#809308 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 #1A0891; it also sits naturally between #915F08 and #3A9108. 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 58% · Blue 3%

Cyan 13% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 95% · Key 42%

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

Previews

CSS code for #809308

.text { color: #809308; }
.background { background-color: #809308; }
.border { border: 3px solid #809308; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(128, 147, 8); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(68, 90%, 30%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #809308; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(128, 147, 8, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #809308; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(128, 147, 8, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#809308">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#809308">Div content here</div>

Shades of #809308

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #1A0891:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #809308: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #809308

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 #809308 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 #809308 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

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Frequently asked questions

What color is #809308?

#809308 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 128, 147, 8). Its closest standard named color is Olive.

What is the RGB and HSL of #809308?

#809308 is RGB 128, 147, 8 — HSL 68°, 90%, 30% — CMYK 13%, 0%, 95%, 42%.

What colors go with #809308?

Its complement is #1A0891; analogous partners are #915F08 and #3A9108. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #809308 for text?

Black text on #809308 has a contrast ratio of 6.09:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.45:1.