Olive

Olive (#808000) is a deep yellow with an earthy character. It leans grounded and natural, the kind of color that plays well with wood, clay, linen, and warm neutrals. Its HSL profile (60°, 100%, 25%) places it in the highly saturated band at a dark lightness. Best used in small doses, like logos, CTAs, focus rings, or highlight text, where its saturation becomes a feature rather than noise. For a confident two-color system, pair it with its complementary blue. For something softer, pull in its analogous neighbors on either side of the wheel. R=G=128, B=0 — the dark-yellow half of the RGB cube, perceived as muddy olive-green. One of the 16 HTML 3.2 named colors. Exactly half the intensity of Yellow (#FFFF00).

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