Army Green Color Codes
Army Green is a dark, muted yellow-green with the hex code #4B5320, RGB values of 75, 83, 32 and an HSL value of hsl(69, 44%, 23%).
| HEX | #4B5320 |
|---|---|
| RGB | 75, 83, 32 |
| HSL | hsl(69, 44%, 23%) |
| HSV | 69°, 61%, 33% |
| CMYK | 10%, 0%, 61%, 67% |
| LAB | 33.53, -11.64, 28.26 |
| CIELCHuv | 33.53, 29.76, 95.34° |
- Nearest Pantone
- PMS 574 C ΔE 4.5 · approximate
- Nearest CSS name
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darkolivegreenΔE 11.5
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Army Green Color Hex Code
The Army Green color hex code is #4B5320. Those six digits are three pairs, 4B for red, 53 for green and 20 for blue, which is the same triplet a browser reads from the CSS value below.
#4B5320
Army Green Color RGB Code
The Army Green RGB code is rgb(75, 83, 32). Green carries the most light at 83 of 255, which is what puts this color where it sits on the wheel.
rgb(75, 83, 32)
Army Green Color HSV Code
The Army Green HSV code is 69°, 61%, 33%. Read it as a hue of 69 degrees, 61% saturation and 33% value, which is the form most color pickers use because moving one number changes one thing.
69°, 61%, 33%
Army Green Color CIELChuv Code
The Army Green CIELCHuv code is 33.53, 29.76, 95.34°. Unlike hex or RGB this one is perceptual: lightness 34 means dark to the eye rather than to the screen, and chroma 30 is how far it sits from grey.
33.53, 29.76, 95.34°
Tonal scale
What are Army Green Color Palettes?
A shade mixes toward black, a tint toward white, a tone toward grey. Every step keeps the hue and is copy-ready.
Shades, toward black
Tints, toward white
Tones, toward grey
Palettes
What are Army Green Color Palette Codes?
Each of these is a hue rotation from #4B5320. They are generated, not curated, so they are exact.
Complementary
Directly opposite sits #282053, a very dark, muted blue. No other pairing separates two hues further, so this is the one to reach for when a single element has to win attention. Neither is especially saturated, so this pairing stays calm enough for large areas of both.
Analogous
#534220 and #325320 sit 30 degrees either side. All three share most of their hue, so the set reads as one family instead of three separate decisions. Good for backgrounds and for state variations that should not announce themselves.
Triadic
#204B53 and #53204B complete an even 120 degree split. Three fully independent hues, so one has to lead: keep this base dominant and let the other two appear in small quantities.
Split-complementary
Instead of the direct complement, this takes the two hues either side of it: #203253 and #422053. Almost the same contrast, without the edge shimmer a true complementary pair produces at high saturation.
Tetradic
Two complementary pairs forming a rectangle: this base with #282053, and #205342 with #532032. The richest of the five and the hardest to balance, so treat this base as the lead and hold the other three well back.
Accessibility
Contrast checker: is Army Green accessible?
Measured against white and against black, with a separate verdict for each element type. Small text, large text and UI components have different thresholds, so one pass or fail for the whole color would be wrong roughly a third of the time.
White background
8.21:18.21
contrast ratio on white background
| Element | AA | AAA |
|---|---|---|
| Small text needs 4.5:1 / 7:1 | Passes | Passes |
| Large text needs 3:1 / 4.5:1 | Passes | Passes |
| UI component needs 3:1 | Passes | n/a |
Black background
2.56:12.56
contrast ratio on black background
| Element | AA | AAA |
|---|---|---|
| Small text needs 4.5:1 / 7:1 | Fails | Fails |
| Large text needs 3:1 / 4.5:1 | Fails | Fails |
| UI component needs 3:1 | Fails | n/a |
Army Green clears WCAG AA against white at 8.21:1, so it is safe for body copy as well as headings. Text placed on it should be white, which gives 8.21:1.
Color vision
How Army Green looks with color blindness
Around 300 million people see color differently from the way it is specified. Each card shows the actual color beside how it appears, and how common that form of vision is.
Protanopia
About 1% of men#4F4F32
Army Green shifts noticeably here. ΔE 12.8
No working red cones. Reds darken sharply and drift toward the same muddy olive as green.
Deuteranopia
About 1% of men#4E4E35
Army Green shifts noticeably here. ΔE 15.2
No working green cones. With the milder deuteranomaly at nearer 6% of men, this is by far the most common form, and the one worth designing around.
Tritanopia
About 1 in 10,000#4B3C3E
Army Green changes substantially here. ΔE 33.4
No working blue cones. Blues shift toward green and yellows toward pink. Rare, and unlike the others it is not sex-linked, so it affects men and women equally.
Achromatopsia
About 1 in 30,000#4F4F4F
Army Green changes substantially here. ΔE 30.6
No color vision at all. Also a fair proxy for how the color survives a greyscale print or a failing screen.
To a deuteranope, the most common form, Army Green reads as #4E4E35. That is a shift of ΔE 15.2, so it is a different color to roughly one man in sixteen. The widest shift is under tritanopia, at ΔE 33.4. The rule this leads to needs no simulator: never let color be the only thing carrying a message. Add a label, an icon, or a clear difference in lightness, and the problem disappears for everyone.
Snippets
Using Army Green in code
:root {
--army-green: #4B5320;
}
.example {
color: var(--army-green);
}// tailwind.config.js
theme: {
extend: {
colors: {
'army-green': '#4B5320',
},
},
}// SwiftUI takes 0–1 components, not 0–255.
let armyGreen = Color(
red: 0.294,
green: 0.325,
blue: 0.125
)<!-- res/values/colors.xml -->
<color name="army_green">#4B5320</color>// Flutter wants ARGB: FF for full opacity, then the hex.
const armyGreen = Color(0xFF4B5320);