Olive drab

#528900

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 weighty. Deep greens like this read established and premium. It works beside earthy oranges for contrast, or with other greens for a calm monochrome.

Olive drab color values

Every conversion for #528900, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#528900
RGB82, 137, 0
HSL84, 100%, 27%
HSV84, 100%, 54%
CMYK40%, 0%, 100%, 46%
Lab51.48, -37.1, 54.98
XYZ12.43, 19.69, 3.14
Decimal5409024
Web safe#669900
Pantone370 C
Pantone370 CHex#528900Rgb82 137 0Cmyk40 0 100 46Lab51 -37 55Darker#253d00Deep#3d6600Lighter#7bc60a

Shades of olive drab

Tints of olive drab

Colors that go with olive drab

Olive drab in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 40, 0, 100, 46.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #528900 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
40 0 100 46
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
41 4 96 52
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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Olive drab in css

Copy #528900 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #528900; }
.text { color: #528900; }
.border { border: 2px solid #528900; }

How olive drab looks on light and dark

Olive drab and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #528900 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
4.25:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
4.94:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #528900 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Olive drab on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #528900 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness card
Sticker
Repeat pattern

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

Turn olive drab into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #528900 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

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

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How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #528900 are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.