Showa era
Yellow Ocher & Olive
Plate 96 from Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations — Yellow Ocher, Olive.
#837e31
yellow · 7 palettes
Olive
About Olive
Olive is a deep, muted yellow tone. Its hex value is #837e31 — that is
RGB 131, 126, 49, or HSL 56°, 46%, 35%.
It holds 5.0:1 contrast against dark, so Olive works best for body text, headings, and UI labels. (On white it scores 4.2:1; on black 5.0:1.)
Across Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations, Olive appears in 7 combinations — most often paired with Sulpher Yellow, Pinkish Cinnamon and Antwarp Blue.
Palettes with Olive
Olive appears in 7 combinations from the archive. Each pairing reveals how the same color shifts character depending on its neighbours.
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