Olive drab

#4e9500

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

Olive drab sits in the green range, deep and vivid. 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 #4e9500, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#4e9500

RGB78, 149, 0

HSL89, 100%, 29%

HSV89, 100%, 58%

CMYK48%, 0%, 100%, 42%

Lab55.19, -43.49, 57.79

XYZ13.89, 23.11, 3.73

Decimal5149952

Web safe#669900

Pantone370 C

Shades of olive drab

#488900 #427d00 #3b7100 #356600 #2f5a00 #294e00 #234200 #1c3600 #162a00 #101f00

Tints of olive drab

#60b700 #72da00 #84fc00 #94ff1f #a5ff42 #b5ff64 #c5ff86 #d6ffa9 #e6ffcb #f6ffed

Colors that go with olive drab

Complementary#470095 Analogous#959200 Analogous#039500 Triadic#004e95 Triadic#95004e Split complementary#000395 Split complementary#920095

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 48, 0, 100, 42.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #4e9500 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

48 0 100 42

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

48 4 96 48

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 #4e9500 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #4e9500; }
.text { color: #4e9500; }
.border { border: 2px solid #4e9500; }

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 #4e9500 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #4e9500 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 #4e9500 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 #4e9500 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

The figures for #4e9500 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.