Olive drab

#73a14a

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

Olive drab is a mid green that feels confident. A mid green this grounded suits sustainability and outdoor brands. Warm terracotta and clay across the wheel balance it and cream keeps it fresh.

Olive drab color values

Every conversion for #73a14a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#73a14a

RGB115, 161, 74

HSL92, 37%, 46%

HSV92, 54%, 63%

CMYK29%, 0%, 54%, 37%

Lab61.33, -30.81, 39.94

XYZ21.05, 29.63, 11.09

Decimal7577930

Web safe#669933

Pantone576 C

Shades of olive drab

#699344 #5f853d #557737 #4b6930 #415b2a #374d23 #2d3f1d #233117 #192310 #0f150a

Tints of olive drab

#80b154 #8db966 #9ac177 #a7c989 #b4d19b #c1d9ac #cee1be #dce9d0 #e9f1e1 #f6f9f3

Colors that go with olive drab

Complementary#784aa1 Analogous#9fa14a Analogous#4aa14d Triadic#4a73a1 Triadic#a14a73 Split complementary#4c4aa1 Split complementary#a14a9f

Olive drab in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 29, 0, 54, 37.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #73a14a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

29 0 54 37

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

31 4 54 43

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 #73a14a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #73a14a; }
.text { color: #73a14a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #73a14a; }

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 #73a14a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #73a14a 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 #73a14a 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 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 #73a14a 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

Here is how the numbers for #73a14a are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.