Olive

#697b03

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

This is Olive, a vivid yellow at 69 degrees. Yellows like this read optimistic and energetic. Pair it with dark neutrals so it stays legible, or with violet for a high energy scheme.

Olive color values

Every conversion for #697b03, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#697b03

RGB105, 123, 3

HSL69, 95%, 25%

HSV69, 98%, 48%

CMYK15%, 0%, 98%, 52%

Lab48.48, -20.81, 52.71

XYZ12.93, 17.18, 2.72

Decimal6912771

Web safe#666600

Pantone385 C

Shades of olive

#617203 #596803 #515f02 #495602 #414c02 #394302 #313a01 #293001 #212701 #191e01

Tints of olive

#889f04 #a6c205 #c5e606 #d7f917 #defa3b #e4fb5f #eafc82 #f0fda6 #f6feca #fcffee

Colors that go with olive

Complementary#15037b Analogous#7b5103 Analogous#2d7b03 Triadic#03697b Triadic#7b0369 Split complementary#032d7b Split complementary#51037b

Olive 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 15, 0, 98, 52.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #697b03 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

15 0 98 52

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

18 4 94 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 in css

Copy #697b03 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #697b03; }
.text { color: #697b03; }
.border { border: 2px solid #697b03; }

How olive looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Olive and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #697b03 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #697b03 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Olive on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #697b03 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around olive? 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 into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #697b03 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, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #697b03 are worked out. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.