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Warm olive

A True Autumn color

Warm olive

anchor color 9 of 10 in True Autumn. Also called Warm Autumn in other systems.

By Kathleen Olsen · Updated November 11, 2026

Hex
#7A7A3A
RGB
122, 122, 58
HSL
60°, 36%, 35%

Warm olive is olive with the yellow turned up. It is the True Autumn olive, more saturated than Soft Autumn's and lighter than Dark Autumn's, and on a True Autumn it reads as a color rather than a neutral. It is the green this season wears instead of forest or emerald.

Where it sits

True Autumn palette

Warm olive is an anchor color in True Autumn. The nearest color on the same side of the warm–cool line is Soft olive #82784E, a Soft Autumn color, at a distance of 12: close enough to mistake for it on a hanger, far enough to tell apart on a person.

Every Autumn has an olive and they are not interchangeable. Soft Autumn's has grey in it. Dark Autumn's is near-black. True Autumn's is the one with the most yellow and the most light, which makes it the one that reads as green from across a room. On the right person it looks like something growing. On the wrong one it looks like khaki that has gone off.

It pairs with the rest of the True Autumn palette the way olive pairs with the earth tones it comes from. Rust, pumpkin and mustard beside it look like a harvest. Camel and golden brown beside it look like a uniform, in the good sense. It is also one of the few greens that gold jewelry improves rather than fights.

Seven points from moss green in the same palette, which is close enough that the two names are used for the same garments. Moss is a touch greener and darker. Warm olive is a touch yellower and lighter. On a True Autumn both work, and most people will not be able to say which they are wearing.

Easily confused with

Soft Autumn's soft olive is twelve points away and is the one to separate it from. The difference is saturation. Soft olive has grey in it and reads as a neutral; warm olive has yellow in it and reads as a color. A Soft Autumn in warm olive looks sallow. A True Autumn in soft olive looks slightly washed.

The nearest named colors in other seasons, by perceptual distance (ΔE in CIELAB; under 10 is hard to tell apart on a screen, over 25 is a different color).

Soft olive #82784E

Soft Autumn anchor · ΔE 12

Camel #B08D57

Soft Autumn anchor · ΔE 19

Aged brass #A67C2E

Dark Autumn anchor · ΔE 22

Camel #A9793F

Dark Autumn neutral · ΔE 23

Sage green #9CA07E

Soft Autumn anchor · ΔE 23

Camel #C29A5B

Bright Spring neutral · ΔE 24

In stock in this color today

As of November 11, 2026, 23 in-stock pieces across STAUD, Boden and Frank & Eileen sample within a close match of #7A7A3A. The dot on each card is the color we sampled from the garment itself; trust it over the photograph. Links are affiliate links: we earn a commission when you buy through them, at no cost to you.

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What it's sold as

Retailers almost never use the palette name. These are the color names on the in-stock pieces that sample within a close match of #7A7A3A today, so they are the words to search for.

STAUD
Martini, Pear, Pesto
Boden
Ochre Green, Cardamom Seed, Cardamon Seed, Cross Country, Forest Green, Chive
Frank & Eileen
Woodland

A retailer's name for a color says nothing about its undertone. "Navy" at one shop is a True Winter color and at another a Spring one. The sampled dot on each card above is what we trust.

Questions

Is warm olive a True Autumn color?

Yes. Warm olive (#7A7A3A) is an anchor color in the True Autumn palette. No other palette on the same side of the warm–cool line has a color near it, which makes it a reliable test for the season.

What is the difference between warm olive and moss green?

Seven points, which is small. Moss is greener and a touch darker. Warm olive is yellower and a touch lighter. They are both True Autumn colors and the names are swapped freely by retailers.

Can a Soft Autumn wear warm olive?

Not near the face. The yellow in it is more saturation than Soft Autumn's muted coloring can hold, and it reads as sallow. Soft Autumn's own olive has grey in it for exactly this reason.

Is warm olive a neutral?

On a True Autumn it works as both. As trousers or a jacket it behaves like a neutral because everything else in the palette is warm. Worn alone near the face it is clearly a green. On any other season it is only a color, and usually the wrong one.

What jewelry goes with warm olive?

Gold, warm and slightly antiqued. Silver turns the olive grey. Bronze and copper work for the same reason gold does: they share the yellow undertone.

The True Autumn guide · All in-stock True Autumn pieces · ← Burnt sienna · Warm burgundy → · All colors

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