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Olive Core Pure
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Olive Core Pure

Lime · Hue 80
Metrics
S 92% · L 48%
Contrast (WCAG)
on white1.5:1Failon black14.4:1AA
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About this color

Olive Core Pure (#A0EB0A) belongs to the lime family — hue 80°, 92% saturation, 48% lightness. Copy the hex, RGB, or HSL value above, or paste the CSS custom property below into your stylesheet to reference this color directly.

CSS
:root {
  --colorarchive-olive-core-pure: #A0EB0A;
  --colorarchive-olive-core-pure-hsl: hsl(80, 92%, 48%);
  --colorarchive-olive-core-pure-rgb: rgb(160, 235, 10);
}

AI Color Names

Let AI suggest alternative poetic names for this color in English and Chinese.

Design Context

VibrantYouthfulDynamic
Common in

Gaming · Streetwear · Energy Drinks

Pairs well with

Black or dark purple for high-contrast impact, white for clean energy

Design tip

Best for accent elements that need to pop. Use with dark backgrounds for maximum visibility in gaming and tech interfaces.

Cultural context ▶

Electric lime signals youth culture, technology, and rebellion. Popular in gaming and urban fashion.

Color Origins

Lime family

Half spring leaf, half pop-art neon.

Heritage

Lime — the yellow-green region of the spectrum — was often mixed by painters, for example verdigris combined with lead-tin yellow or yellow ochre. Synthetic pigments of the 19th and 20th centuries made saturated lime far easier to mix, which is why lime feels visually 'modern' even though grass and leaves have always lived there.

Across cultures

In Japan, moegi — the yellow-green of young leaves sprouting in spring — is a traditional color that falls within lime. In American pop culture, fluorescent Day-Glo pigments, popularized by 1960s psychedelic art, made neon brights like lime part of the visual vocabulary. In sportswear lime carries 'high-visibility' connotations (running gear, safety vests) that have lately come back into fashion as a deliberate aesthetic.

In the wild

Tennis balls turned lime-yellow ('optic yellow') after 1972, when the ITF adopted them as easier to see on color TV; Wimbledon kept white balls until 1986. Xbox's brand palette includes a light green that sits at the lime end, though Spotify's green and the main Xbox green are true greens. BP's Helios mark mixes green with yellow. Mountain Dew's drink is a vivid chartreuse. In film, The Matrix's coded rain is green-on-black — the choice was originally about the look of phosphor CRT terminals.

How it reads

Lime is the youngest-feeling green: it reads as fresh, citric, energetic, and slightly synthetic. At low saturation it becomes olive or moss, both heavily associated with craft, sustainability, and slow design. At high saturation it reads as sport, beverage, or technology. Lime is one of the harder hues to use as a primary brand color without trending toward 'energy drink' — many brands therefore use it as an accent against deep neutrals.

This particular tone

A vivid mid-tone — distinctive enough to anchor an identity, saturated enough to demand a quiet supporting palette.

Lightness band: At mid-lightness the hue carries its full character. This is the band where many identity colors live: bright enough to be distinctive at small sizes, deep enough to sit cleanly on a white canvas.

Saturation band: At this saturation the color is doing work. It reads as a brand statement, a sport accessory, or a UI signal. It should be used in small, deliberate doses against quieter neighbors; large fields at this saturation will exhaust the eye.

Brands using a similar color

Within the public brand-guidelines reference catalog, these are the closest matches to #A0EB0A.

  • Microsoftprimary
    Xbox Green · #7FBA00
    →
  • Patagoniasecondary
    Sunset Yellow · #F4D54F
    →
  • Hugging Faceprimary
    Hugging Yellow · #FFD21E
    →

Cultures using a similar color

From the cultural-palette catalog, these regions feature a color close to #A0EB0A.

  • Italy (Tuscany)Sunflower Yellow
    #F3C220 · Helianthus fields, Val d'Orcia
    →
  • Turkey (Istanbul)Byzantine Gold
    #D4AF37 · Hagia Sophia mosaic ground
    →
  • MoroccoSaffron
    #F4C430 · Crocus sativus stigma dye
    →

Color guides

Go deeper on using lime and color in design.

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Tonal strip

All lightness levels at this hue and saturation. Click any to navigate.

Palette moves

Instead of stopping at one swatch, use nearby, opposite, and tonal neighbors to branch into a broader palette.

Lighter companion
Olive Radiant Pure
#AEF61E · hsl(80, 92%, 54%)
Darker companion
Olive Velvet Pure
#8CCE09 · hsl(80, 92%, 42%)
Complementary counterpoint
Orchid Core Pure
#550AEB · hsl(260, 92%, 48%)
Analogous lead
Moss Core Pure
#55EB0A · hsl(100, 92%, 48%)
Analogous echo
Canary Core Pure
#EBD80A · hsl(55, 92%, 48%)
Triadic +120°
Azure Core Pure
#0AA0EB · hsl(200, 92%, 48%)
Triadic +240°
Rose Core Pure
#EB0AA0 · hsl(320, 92%, 48%)
Split-comp +150°
Indigo Core Pure
#0A2FEB · hsl(230, 92%, 48%)
Split-comp +210°
Magenta Core Pure
#C50AEB · hsl(290, 92%, 48%)
Export preview
Base: Olive Core Pure #A0EB0A
Lighter companion: Olive Radiant Pure #AEF61E
Darker companion: Olive Velvet Pure #8CCE09
Complementary counterpoint: Orchid Core Pure #550AEB
Analogous lead: Moss Core Pure #55EB0A
Analogous echo: Canary Core Pure #EBD80A
Triadic +120°: Azure Core Pure #0AA0EB
Triadic +240°: Rose Core Pure #EB0AA0
Split-comp +150°: Indigo Core Pure #0A2FEB
Split-comp +210°: Magenta Core Pure #C50AEB

Compare

See how Olive Core Pure compares side by side with related colors.

vsOlive Radiant PurevsOlive Velvet PurevsOrchid Core PurevsMoss Core PurevsCanary Core PurevsAzure Core Pure

Nearest neighbors

The closest archive matches by hue, saturation, and lightness.

Search by hex
Nearby match
Olive Core Bright
#9DE114 · hsl(80, 84%, 48%)
Nearby match
Olive Velvet Pure
#8CCE09 · hsl(80, 92%, 42%)
Nearby match
Olive Radiant Pure
#AEF61E · hsl(80, 92%, 54%)
Nearby match
Chartreuse Core Pure
#B3EB0A · hsl(75, 92%, 48%)
Nearby match
Olive Velvet Bright
#89C511 · hsl(80, 84%, 42%)
Nearby match
Olive Radiant Bright
#ABEC27 · hsl(80, 84%, 54%)

Accessible pairings

Archive colors that meet WCAG contrast standards when paired with this color. Use as text-on-background or background-on-text.

Contrast checker
AAA7.5:1
Orchid Dusk Clear
#472886
AAA8:1
Orchid Dusk Vivid
#411797
AAA8.1:1
Orchid Dusk Bright
#3E0EA0
AAA8.1:1
Orchid Dusk Pure
#3C07A6
AAA7.2:1
Orchid Shadow Muted
#433B54
AAA7.6:1
Orchid Shadow Dust
#41355A

Color Vision Simulation

How this color appears with different color vision deficiencies.

Full simulator
Deuteranopia
#C1BB89
Protanopia
#C5C67C
Tritanopia
#A5A2A9
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Olive Core Faint#7E876E · hsl(80, 10%, 48%)Olive Core Muted#829064 · hsl(80, 18%, 48%)Olive Core Dust#859A5B · hsl(80, 26%, 48%)Olive Core Soft#88A451 · hsl(80, 34%, 48%)Olive Core Clear#90BC38 · hsl(80, 54%, 48%)Olive Core Vivid#99D520 · hsl(80, 74%, 48%)Olive Core Bright#9DE114 · hsl(80, 84%, 48%)Olive Core Pure#A0EB0A · hsl(80, 92%, 48%)
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