Olive drab

#577a05

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. It works beside earthy oranges for contrast, or with other greens for a calm monochrome.

Olive drab color values

Every conversion for #577a05, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#577a05
RGB87, 122, 5
HSL78, 92%, 25%
HSV78, 96%, 48%
CMYK29%, 0%, 96%, 52%
Lab46.92, -28.14, 50.53
XYZ10.92, 15.96, 2.65
Decimal5732869
Web safe#666600
Pantone575 C
Pantone575 CHex#577a05Rgb87 122 5Cmyk29 0 96 52Lab47 -28 51Darker#2a3b02Deep#466204Lighter#84b511

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 29, 0, 96, 52.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #577a05 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
29 0 96 52
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
31 4 92 58
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.

Olive drab in css

Copy #577a05 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #577a05; }
.text { color: #577a05; }
.border { border: 2px solid #577a05; }

How olive drab looks on light and dark

Olive drab and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #577a05 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
5.01:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
4.19:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #577a05 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 #577a05 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 #577a05 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

Every value on this page for #577a05 is computed, not guessed. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.