Olive drab

#5b923c

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. Warm terracotta and clay across the wheel balance it and cream keeps it fresh.

Olive drab color values

Every conversion for #5b923c, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#5b923c
RGB91, 146, 60
HSL98, 42%, 40%
HSV98, 59%, 57%
CMYK38%, 0%, 59%, 43%
Lab55.18, -34.19, 39.23
XYZ15.41, 23.11, 7.92
Decimal6001212
Web safe#669933
Pantone576 C
Pantone576 CHex#5b923cRgb91 146 60Cmyk38 0 59 43Lab55 -34 39Darker#1c2d12Deep#3b5f27Lighter#7fb65f

Shades of olive drab

Tints of olive drab

Colors that go with olive drab

Olive drab in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 38, 0, 59, 43.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #5b923c on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
38 0 59 43
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
39 4 58 49
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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Olive drab in css

Copy #5b923c straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #5b923c; }
.text { color: #5b923c; }
.border { border: 2px solid #5b923c; }

How olive drab looks on light and dark

Olive drab and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #5b923c against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
3.74:1
AAfail · AA largepass · AAAfail
Textblack text on this color
5.62:1
AApass · AA largepass · AAAfail

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #5b923c 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 #5b923c 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 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 #5b923c 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

The figures for #5b923c come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.