Olive

#6c660a

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 56 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 #6c660a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#6c660a

RGB108, 102, 10

HSL56, 83%, 23%

HSV56, 91%, 42%

CMYK0%, 6%, 91%, 58%

Lab42.33, -7.82, 46.41

XYZ10.99, 12.71, 2.16

Decimal7104010

Web safe#666600

Pantone3995 C

Shades of olive

#645e09 #5c5709 #544f08 #4c4807 #444006 #3c3906 #343105 #2c2a04 #242203 #1c1a03

Tints of olive

#8e860d #b0a710 #d3c714 #eade21 #eee343 #f1e866 #f4ed88 #f7f2aa #faf8cc #fdfdef

Colors that go with olive

Complementary#0a106c Analogous#6c350a Analogous#416c0a Triadic#0a6c66 Triadic#660a6c Split complementary#0a416c Split complementary#350a6c

Olive in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 0, 6, 91, 58.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #6c660a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 6 91 58

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 10 88 64

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 #6c660a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #6c660a; }
.text { color: #6c660a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #6c660a; }

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 #6c660a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #6c660a 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 #6c660a 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 #6c660a 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

The figures for #6c660a 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. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.