Olive drab

#5e8d2f

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 soft. 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 #5e8d2f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#5e8d2f

RGB94, 141, 47

HSL90, 50%, 37%

HSV90, 67%, 55%

CMYK33%, 0%, 67%, 45%

Lab53.64, -32.05, 43.57

XYZ14.65, 21.63, 6.09

Decimal6196527

Web safe#669933

Pantone576 C

Shades of olive drab

#56812b #4e7527 #466a23 #3f5e1f #37521b #2f4617 #273a13 #1f2f10 #17230c #0f1708

Tints of olive drab

#6da437 #7cbb3e #8cc552 #9bcd69 #aad580 #b9dc96 #c8e4ad #d8ebc4 #e7f3db #f6fbf2

Colors that go with olive drab

Complementary#5e2f8d Analogous#8d8d2f Analogous#2f8d2f Triadic#2f5e8d Triadic#8d2f5e Split complementary#2f2f8d Split complementary#8d2f8d

Olive drab in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 33, 0, 67, 45.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #5e8d2f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

33 0 67 45

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

34 4 66 51

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 #5e8d2f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #5e8d2f; }
.text { color: #5e8d2f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #5e8d2f; }

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 #5e8d2f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #5e8d2f 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 #5e8d2f 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 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 #5e8d2f 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 #5e8d2f is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.