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Olive Radiant Vivid
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Olive Radiant Vivid

Lime · Hue 80
Metrics
S 74% · L 54%
Contrast (WCAG)
on white1.6:1Failon black13.5:1AA
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About this color

Olive Radiant Vivid (#A7E133) belongs to the lime family — hue 80°, 74% saturation, 54% 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-radiant-vivid: #A7E133;
  --colorarchive-olive-radiant-vivid-hsl: hsl(80, 74%, 54%);
  --colorarchive-olive-radiant-vivid-rgb: rgb(167, 225, 51);
}

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 #A7E133.

  • Microsoftprimary
    Xbox Green · #7FBA00
    →
  • Patagoniasecondary
    Sunset Yellow · #F4D54F
    →
  • Discordaccent
    Idle Yellow · #FEE75C
    →

Cultures using a similar color

From the cultural-palette catalog, these regions feature a color close to #A7E133.

  • Turkey (Istanbul)Byzantine Gold
    #D4AF37 · Hagia Sophia mosaic ground
    →
  • Korea (Obangsaek)Obangsaek Yellow (황 / hwang)
    #F2C94C · Center — earth element, royal robe
    →
  • China (Traditional)Celadon (青瓷)
    #9CB48F · Song Dynasty Longquan kilns
    →

Color guides

Go deeper on using lime and color in design.

Color TheoryDark Color Palette Guide: Building Low-Luminance Palettes That WorkBrand & MarketingLuxury Neutral Color Palette Ideas Without Defaulting to Black and WhiteUI DesignDark Mode Color Palette Guide: Building Accessible, Beautiful Dark Interfaces

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 Tone Vivid
#B2E44E · hsl(80, 74%, 60%)
Darker companion
Olive Core Vivid
#99D520 · hsl(80, 74%, 48%)
Complementary counterpoint
Orchid Radiant Vivid
#6D33E1 · hsl(260, 74%, 54%)
Analogous lead
Moss Radiant Vivid
#6DE133 · hsl(100, 74%, 54%)
Analogous echo
Canary Radiant Vivid
#E1D233 · hsl(55, 74%, 54%)
Triadic +120°
Azure Radiant Vivid
#33A7E1 · hsl(200, 74%, 54%)
Triadic +240°
Rose Radiant Vivid
#E133A7 · hsl(320, 74%, 54%)
Split-comp +150°
Indigo Radiant Vivid
#3350E1 · hsl(230, 74%, 54%)
Split-comp +210°
Magenta Radiant Vivid
#C433E1 · hsl(290, 74%, 54%)
Export preview
Base: Olive Radiant Vivid #A7E133
Lighter companion: Olive Tone Vivid #B2E44E
Darker companion: Olive Core Vivid #99D520
Complementary counterpoint: Orchid Radiant Vivid #6D33E1
Analogous lead: Moss Radiant Vivid #6DE133
Analogous echo: Canary Radiant Vivid #E1D233
Triadic +120°: Azure Radiant Vivid #33A7E1
Triadic +240°: Rose Radiant Vivid #E133A7
Split-comp +150°: Indigo Radiant Vivid #3350E1
Split-comp +210°: Magenta Radiant Vivid #C433E1

Compare

See how Olive Radiant Vivid compares side by side with related colors.

vsOlive Tone VividvsOlive Core VividvsOrchid Radiant VividvsMoss Radiant VividvsCanary Radiant VividvsAzure Radiant Vivid

Nearest neighbors

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

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Nearby match
Olive Core Vivid
#99D520 · hsl(80, 74%, 48%)
Nearby match
Olive Tone Vivid
#B2E44E · hsl(80, 74%, 60%)
Nearby match
Olive Radiant Bright
#ABEC27 · hsl(80, 84%, 54%)
Nearby match
Chartreuse Radiant Vivid
#B5E133 · hsl(75, 74%, 54%)
Nearby match
Olive Radiant Pure
#AEF61E · hsl(80, 92%, 54%)
Nearby match
Olive Velvet Vivid
#86BA1C · hsl(80, 74%, 42%)

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
AAA7:1
Orchid Dusk Clear
#472886
AAA7.5:1
Orchid Dusk Vivid
#411797
AAA7.6:1
Orchid Dusk Bright
#3E0EA0
AAA7.6:1
Orchid Dusk Pure
#3C07A6
AAA7.2:1
Orchid Shadow Dust
#41355A
AAA7.5:1
Orchid Shadow Soft
#3F2F60

Color Vision Simulation

How this color appears with different color vision deficiencies.

Full simulator
Deuteranopia
#BFBB89
Protanopia
#C3C37E
Tritanopia
#AB9FA5
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Olive Radiant Faint#8E957E · hsl(80, 10%, 54%)Olive Radiant Muted#919F75 · hsl(80, 18%, 54%)Olive Radiant Dust#94A86B · hsl(80, 26%, 54%)Olive Radiant Soft#97B262 · hsl(80, 34%, 54%)Olive Radiant Clear#9FC94A · hsl(80, 54%, 54%)Olive Radiant Vivid#A7E133 · hsl(80, 74%, 54%)Olive Radiant Bright#ABEC27 · hsl(80, 84%, 54%)Olive Radiant Pure#AEF61E · hsl(80, 92%, 54%)
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