Olive and Cream color palette
olive · 0.034
lemonchiffon · 0.007
The two are close cousins, sitting just 16 degrees apart on the wheel, both leaning warm and slightly yellow. What separates them is lightness. Olive is a deep, earthy green at #708238, while cream is a soft pale yellow at #FFFDD0. The 4.09 to 1 is enough for large headlines on cream backgrounds but too low for small body text.
In interiors, this pairing reads as quiet and grounded. Olive walls or upholstery against cream trim feels like a farmhouse kitchen or a library. For branding, it suits skincare, herbal goods, or wellness studios that want to feel natural without going rustic. A muted yellow-green midpoint (#B5BE83) works as a soft accent between them.
See Olive and Cream in use
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Olive Tailwind scale (50-900)
Cream Tailwind scale (50-900)
Olive to Cream blend
A continuous interpolation from Olive to Cream, sampled into the 10 steps below. Tap any swatch to copy its hex.
Why Olive and Cream blend best in OKLab
The same two colors blended three ways. This site uses OKLab, which keeps the blend smooth and evenly lit. The other two are shown so you can see what to avoid: sRGB darkens and muddies the middle, and HSL detours through colors that are not in your palette.
Accessibility
Do not place Olive text on Cream (or the reverse) for body copy. For readable text, pair a dark scale step such as olive-800 or cream-900 with a light one like cream-50.
Contrast pairing grid
Rows are Olive steps, columns are Cream steps. Each mark is a Olive step shown on a Cream step: a check means it clears WCAG AA for text (4.5:1). If you can read the mark, the pairing is legible.
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✓ passes AA ✗ fails AA
Copy for Tailwind
Tailwind v4 — @theme (paste into your CSS)
@theme {
--color-olive-50: #F6F7F3;
--color-olive-100: #EDF0E7;
--color-olive-200: #DEE3D2;
--color-olive-300: #C9D1B7;
--color-olive-400: #ADB991;
--color-olive-500: #708238;
--color-olive-600: #5A692C;
--color-olive-700: #434E1F;
--color-olive-800: #242C0E;
--color-olive-900: #0C0F03;
--color-cream-50: #FFFFFC;
--color-cream-100: #FFFFFA;
--color-cream-200: #FFFFF5;
--color-cream-300: #FFFEEE;
--color-cream-400: #FFFEE6;
--color-cream-500: #FFFDD0;
--color-cream-600: #D1CFAA;
--color-cream-700: #9E9D80;
--color-cream-800: #5D5D4B;
--color-cream-900: #29281F;
}
Tailwind v3 — tailwind.config.js
// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
theme: {
extend: {
colors: {
'olive': {
50: '#F6F7F3',
100: '#EDF0E7',
200: '#DEE3D2',
300: '#C9D1B7',
400: '#ADB991',
500: '#708238',
600: '#5A692C',
700: '#434E1F',
800: '#242C0E',
900: '#0C0F03',
},
'cream': {
50: '#FFFFFC',
100: '#FFFFFA',
200: '#FFFFF5',
300: '#FFFEEE',
400: '#FFFEE6',
500: '#FFFDD0',
600: '#D1CFAA',
700: '#9E9D80',
800: '#5D5D4B',
900: '#29281F',
},
},
},
},
};
CSS variables
:root {
--olive-50: #F6F7F3;
--olive-100: #EDF0E7;
--olive-200: #DEE3D2;
--olive-300: #C9D1B7;
--olive-400: #ADB991;
--olive-500: #708238;
--olive-600: #5A692C;
--olive-700: #434E1F;
--olive-800: #242C0E;
--olive-900: #0C0F03;
--cream-50: #FFFFFC;
--cream-100: #FFFFFA;
--cream-200: #FFFFF5;
--cream-300: #FFFEEE;
--cream-400: #FFFEE6;
--cream-500: #FFFDD0;
--cream-600: #D1CFAA;
--cream-700: #9E9D80;
--cream-800: #5D5D4B;
--cream-900: #29281F;
}SCSS variables
$olive-50: #F6F7F3; $olive-100: #EDF0E7; $olive-200: #DEE3D2; $olive-300: #C9D1B7; $olive-400: #ADB991; $olive-500: #708238; $olive-600: #5A692C; $olive-700: #434E1F; $olive-800: #242C0E; $olive-900: #0C0F03; $cream-50: #FFFFFC; $cream-100: #FFFFFA; $cream-200: #FFFFF5; $cream-300: #FFFEEE; $cream-400: #FFFEE6; $cream-500: #FFFDD0; $cream-600: #D1CFAA; $cream-700: #9E9D80; $cream-800: #5D5D4B; $cream-900: #29281F;
JSON tokens
{
"olive": {
"50": "#F6F7F3",
"100": "#EDF0E7",
"200": "#DEE3D2",
"300": "#C9D1B7",
"400": "#ADB991",
"500": "#708238",
"600": "#5A692C",
"700": "#434E1F",
"800": "#242C0E",
"900": "#0C0F03"
},
"cream": {
"50": "#FFFFFC",
"100": "#FFFFFA",
"200": "#FFFFF5",
"300": "#FFFEEE",
"400": "#FFFEE6",
"500": "#FFFDD0",
"600": "#D1CFAA",
"700": "#9E9D80",
"800": "#5D5D4B",
"900": "#29281F"
}
}How we name colors
There is no single official authority for naming colors. We use the common, widely recognized name as the primary label for each color (here, Olive and Cream); many common names are themselves W3C CSS named colors. For transparency we also show the nearest W3C CSS named color and the perceptual distance, ΔE, measured in OKLab. A small ΔE means the name is essentially exact; a larger one means it is the closest standard name rather than a perfect match.
Sources: W3C CSS Color Module Level 4 and the open color-name-list dataset, used to verify every color sits near a recognized name.