Olive vs Army Green

Olive leans yellow; Army Green leans green. The measured difference between their classic values is ΔE 19.6, clearly different colors.

Olive

RGB: 128, 128, 0
HSL: 60, 100%, 25%
OKLCH: 58.1% 0.127 109.8

Temperature: warm

Closest encyclopedia entry: Olive

Army Green

RGB: 75, 83, 32
HSL: 69, 44%, 23%
OKLCH: 42.3% 0.074 117.1

Temperature: neutral, leaning warm

Closest encyclopedia entry: Godzilla

Measured difference: ΔE 19.6 · clearly different colors. ΔE is a measure of perceived color difference; below 2.3 most people can't tell colors apart.

Guide

How to tell Olive and Army Green apart

1 Olive is measurably lighter (16 points of OKLCH lightness). Squint: the one that survives is Army Green.
2 Olive carries more chroma, so it reads more saturated. Army Green looks grayer in direct comparison.
3 Temperature splits them: Olive reads warm while Army Green reads neutral, leaning warm.

Guide

When to use which

Olive is a surface color: it needs a dark background before it can carry text.

Army Green passes AA for text on white (8.21:1), so it can work in type and trim, not just surfaces.

Palettes

Their palettes, side by side

Olive complementary palette

Army Green complementary palette

Olive analogous palette

Army Green analogous palette

FAQ

FAQs

Are Olive and Army Green the same color?

No. Using their classic reference values, they differ by ΔE 19.6 (a measure of perceived color difference; below 2.3 most people can't tell colors apart). That makes them clearly different colors.

Which is darker, Olive or Army Green?

Army Green is darker: 16 points lower in OKLCH lightness than Olive.