Olive Bark

#5f5537

Muted olive-brown for steady charts and labels

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About Olive Bark

Olive Bark looks like the inside of a well-worn olive pit or the barky edge of pressed greenery, but without the yellow drift. Compared with , it feels a step more grounded and brown-forward, less preserved and jar-green, and it doesn't read roasted-warm like can. It's also darker and cooler than , so the green stays restrained instead of pushing earthy-saturated.

I use Olive Bark when I need a base that holds its nerve in UI and print: dark editorial covers, labels for olive oil and pantry goods, and product pages for natural skincare where you don't want it to turn creamy or dusty. In interfaces, it's great for dashboards and finance apps that need the calm anchor of an olive-brown background for charts, filters, and dense tables. It also works well in CMS skins and admin shells when you want the one you reach for that doesn't compete with form content.

Pair it with slightly lighter, greener off-whites to keep it from feeling too heavy next to very gray neutrals.

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WCAG 2.1 contrast ratios. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text, 3:1 for large. AAA requires 7:1 / 4.5:1.

On White #ffffff

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7.39:1AAA

On Gray 100 #f5f5f5

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6.78:1AAAAA Large

On Gray 900 #18181b

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2.40:1Fail

On Black #000000

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2.84:1Fail

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