Palettes / Colors / #809C02

#809C02 — Vivid Green

#809C02 is a green color we call Vivid Green, closest to the named color Olive (#808000). It belongs to the green family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: olive (#808000) — not an exact match. CSS olive gives you #808000, a different color; use #809C02 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.

#809C02 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 #1E029C; it also sits naturally between #9C6B02 and #339C02. 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 61% · Blue 1%

Cyan 18% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 99% · Key 39%

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

Previews

CSS code for #809C02

.text { color: #809C02; }
.background { background-color: #809C02; }
.border { border: 3px solid #809C02; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(128, 156, 2); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(71, 97%, 31%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #809C02; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(128, 156, 2, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #809C02; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(128, 156, 2, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#809C02">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#809C02">Div content here</div>

Shades of #809C02

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #1E029C:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #809C02: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #809C02

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 #809C02 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 #809C02 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

← #809C01  ·  #809C03 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #809C02?

#809C02 is Vivid Green, a green color (RGB 128, 156, 2). Its closest standard named color is Olive.

What is the RGB and HSL of #809C02?

#809C02 is RGB 128, 156, 2 — HSL 71°, 97%, 31% — CMYK 18%, 0%, 99%, 39%.

What colors go with #809C02?

Its complement is #1E029C; analogous partners are #9C6B02 and #339C02. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #809C02 for text?

Black text on #809C02 has a contrast ratio of 6.67:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.15:1.