Olivary

#6e592c

Duller, warmer olive-brown for calm UI sections

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About Olivary

On my mockups, Olivary looks like an olive that's been kept just a little too long in the jar: not faded, but gently subdued. It sits in the same green-brown neighborhood as coffee and paper-leaning olives, yet it's less yellow and more reserve than , so it doesn't read roasted-warm. Compared with , it feels deeper and calmer, not sunlit, and it avoids that more consistently green pull.

I like it for product packaging, especially when the brand wants "natural" without going creamy like . In UI, it works well for dark editorial layouts and admin-style surfaces where you need a grounded base for charts, filters, and dense panels. It's also a solid choice for dashboards and content management screens because it stays steady at different scales, holding the background line without the dustier, soil-like behavior of nearby options.

One quirk: pair it with slightly warmer off-whites and avoid very gray neutrals, or the olive tone can flatten.

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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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6.71:1AAAAA Large

On Gray 100 #f5f5f5

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6.16:1AAAAA Large

On Gray 900 #18181b

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2.64:1Fail

On Black #000000

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3.13:1FailAA Large

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