Olive drab

#4e8513

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

Olive drab is a deep green that feels serious. Deep greens like this read established and premium. Warm terracotta and clay across the wheel balance it and cream keeps it fresh.

Olive drab color values

Every conversion for #4e8513, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#4e8513

RGB78, 133, 19

HSL89, 75%, 30%

HSV89, 86%, 52%

CMYK41%, 0%, 86%, 48%

Lab50.03, -36.25, 49.88

XYZ11.65, 18.44, 3.56

Decimal5145875

Web safe#669900

Pantone370 C

Shades of olive drab

#487a11 #427010 #3b650e #355b0d #2f500b #29450a #223b08 #1c3007 #162505 #101b04

Tints of olive drab

#5fa317 #71c11c #82de20 #93e33d #a4e85b #b4ec78 #c5f096 #d5f4b4 #e6f9d2 #f6fdef

Colors that go with olive drab

Complementary#4a1385 Analogous#858313 Analogous#158513 Triadic#134e85 Triadic#85134e Split complementary#131585 Split complementary#831385

Olive drab in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 41, 0, 86, 48.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #4e8513 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

41 0 86 48

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

42 4 83 54

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

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Olive drab in css

Copy #4e8513 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #4e8513; }
.text { color: #4e8513; }
.border { border: 2px solid #4e8513; }

How olive drab looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Olive drab and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #4e8513 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #4e8513 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Olive drab on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #4e8513 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around olive drab? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn olive drab into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #4e8513 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 olive drab, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #4e8513 is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.