Olive

#746a15

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

Olive falls in the yellow band, deep and strong. 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 #746a15, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#746a15

RGB116, 106, 21

HSL54, 69%, 27%

HSV54, 82%, 45%

CMYK0%, 9%, 82%, 55%

Lab44.34, -5.87, 45.23

XYZ12.49, 14.08, 2.77

Decimal7629333

Web safe#666600

Pantone5825 C

Shades of olive

#6b6213 #625a12 #595110 #50490e #47410d #3e390b #35300a #2c2808 #232006 #1a1805

Tints of olive

#92851a #b0a120 #cebc25 #dccb3b #e1d35a #e6db78 #ece396 #f1ebb4 #f7f3d2 #fcfbf0

Colors that go with olive

Complementary#151f74 Analogous#743a15 Analogous#4e7415 Triadic#15746a Triadic#6a1574 Split complementary#154e74 Split complementary#3b1574

Olive in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 9, 82, 55.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #746a15 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 9 82 55

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 12 79 61

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 #746a15 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #746a15; }
.text { color: #746a15; }
.border { border: 2px solid #746a15; }

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 #746a15 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #746a15 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 #746a15 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 #746a15 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 #746a15 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.