Dark olive green

#4a530f

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for dark olive green, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

Dark olive green is a dark yellow, dramatic at this saturation. Yellows like this read optimistic and energetic. Pair it with dark neutrals so it stays legible, or with violet for a high energy scheme.

Dark olive green color values

Every conversion for #4a530f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#4a530f

RGB74, 83, 15

HSL68, 69%, 19%

HSV68, 82%, 33%

CMYK11%, 0%, 82%, 67%

Lab33.3, -13.38, 35.84

XYZ6.0, 7.68, 1.62

Decimal4870927

Web safe#336600

Pantone5747 C

Shades of dark olive green

#454d0e #40480d #3b420c #363c0b #31360a #2b3109 #262b08 #212507 #1c2006 #171a05

Tints of dark olive green

#687415 #86961b #a3b721 #c1d828 #cade49 #d4e46a #deea8c #e7f0ad #f1f6cf #fbfcf0

Colors that go with dark olive green

Complementary#180f53 Analogous#533a0f Analogous#28530f Triadic#0f4a53 Triadic#530f4a Split complementary#0f2853 Split complementary#3a0f53

Dark olive green in print

It runs deep in print, so a rich black build underneath keeps it from looking flat. The cmyk build is 11, 0, 82, 67.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #4a530f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

11 0 82 67

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

14 4 79 73

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Dark olive green in css

Copy #4a530f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #4a530f; }
.text { color: #4a530f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #4a530f; }

How dark olive green looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Dark olive green and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #4a530f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #4a530f against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Dark olive green on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #4a530f sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around dark olive green? Pull matching colors from any photo with the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn dark olive green into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #4a530f and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from dark olive green, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #4a530f are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.