Dirty Green Color
Dirty Green is a olive color with hex code #667E2C. This page covers its meaning, all color values, harmonies, colors that go with dirty green, shades, tints, similar colors, CSS examples, FAQs, and WCAG contrast ratios.
Dirty Green Color Values
What Does Dirty Green Mean?
Dirty Green belongs to the olive family of colors. Yellow is the brightest thing in daylight, which makes it impossible to ignore and easy to overdo. School buses and hazard tape exist to exploit that visibility. In artwork, small amounts of yellow energize a piece; large fields of it tire the eye surprisingly fast. Being on the dark side, Dirty Green adds weight and depth. It suits text, shadows, and grounding elements more than wide-open backgrounds.
In the ISCC-NBS color naming system, Dirty Green is classified as a yellow (nearest centroid: deep yellow green, #467129).
Color Harmonies
Complementary
Analogous
Triadic
Colors That Go With Dirty Green
Dirty Green and #442C7D are complements, parked opposite each other on the wheel. Together they hit maximum contrast, so a rough 70/30 split keeps the pairing from shouting.
Analogous neighbors — #7D6C2C and #3C7D2C, which sit beside dirty green on the wheel. Pairings like this feel calm and settled, which suits backgrounds and gradients.
For an energetic three-color palette, pair dirty green with triadic partners #2C647D and #7D2C64. All three sit evenly spaced around the wheel, so the scheme stays lively without clashing.
Build and test these combinations in our Color Wheel Tool or check text readability with the Contrast Checker.
Tints and Shades
Tints (lighter)
Shades (darker)
Similar Colors
- Khaki Green —
#728639(Delta E 5) - Fern Frond —
#657220(Delta E 6) - Moss Green —
#658B38(Delta E 7) - Crete —
#737829(Delta E 9) - Muddy Green —
#657432(Delta E 9)
CSS Examples
.text { color: #667E2C; }
.background { background-color: #667E2C; }
.border { border: 2px solid #667E2C; }
.shadow { box-shadow: 0 4px 6px #667E2C40; }WCAG Contrast
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the hex code for dirty green?
Dirty Green has the hex code #667E2C. In RGB notation it is rgb(102, 126, 44), in HSL it is hsl(78, 48%, 33%), and its OKLCH value is 0.556, 0.112, 123.9.
What does the color dirty green mean?
Olive-family colors like dirty green carry distinct psychological associations. Dirty Green belongs to the olive family of colors. Yellow is the brightest thing in daylight, which makes it impossible to ignore and easy to overdo. School buses and hazard tape exist to exploit that visibility. In artwork, small amounts of yellow energize a piece; large fields of it tire the eye surprisingly fast. Being on the dark side, Dirty Green adds weight and depth. It suits text, shadows, and grounding elements more than wide-open backgrounds.
What colors go with dirty green?
Dirty Green has three easy routes: its complement #442C7D for punch, its neighbors #7D6C2C and #3C7D2C for something calmer, or triadic partners #2C647D and #7D2C64 when you want energy.
Is dirty green a standard web color?
No — Dirty Green is not a CSS keyword. Use its hex value #667E2C or any RGB/HSL equivalent in your stylesheets.
How do I make dirty green lighter or darker?
To lighten dirty green, add white to create tints; to darken it, add black to create shades. The tints and shades table above shows five computed steps of each, from #E8F0D5 (lightest tint) to #121708 (darkest shade).
About Dirty Green
Dirty Green is classified as a Yellow in the ISCC-NBS color naming system, within the Olive hue family. It has The color is recognized by XKCD, meodai.
Use our Color Converter to convert #667E2C to any other color format, or explore the Color Wheel to find harmonious color combinations.