Olive drab

#73a940

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

This is Olive drab, a soft green at 91 degrees. A mid green this grounded suits sustainability and outdoor brands. It works beside earthy oranges for contrast, or with other greens for a calm monochrome.

Olive drab color values

Every conversion for #73a940, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#73a940
RGB115, 169, 64
HSL91, 45%, 46%
HSV91, 62%, 66%
CMYK32%, 0%, 62%, 34%
Lab63.66, -35.54, 47.32
XYZ22.18, 32.39, 9.93
Decimal7579968
Web safe#669933
Pantone369 C
Pantone369 CHex#73a940Rgb115 169 64Cmyk32 0 62 34Lab64 -36 47Darker#2d4119Deep#50752cLighter#97c26f

Shades of olive drab

Tints of olive drab

Colors that go with olive drab

Olive drab in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 32, 0, 62, 34.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #73a940 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
32 0 62 34
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
33 4 61 40
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 #73a940 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #73a940; }
.text { color: #73a940; }
.border { border: 2px solid #73a940; }

How olive drab looks on light and dark

Olive drab and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #73a940 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
2.81:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
7.48:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #73a940 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 #73a940 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 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 #73a940 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

Every value on this page for #73a940 is computed, not guessed. 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.