Dark olive green

#746b2e

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

Dark olive green falls in the yellow band, deep and soft. Yellows like this read optimistic and energetic. Pair it with dark neutrals so it stays legible, or with violet for a high energy scheme.

Dark olive green color values

Every conversion for #746b2e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#746b2e
RGB116, 107, 46
HSL52, 43%, 32%
HSV52, 60%, 45%
CMYK0%, 8%, 60%, 55%
Lab44.84, -4.92, 34.8
XYZ12.95, 14.43, 4.69
Decimal7629614
Web safe#666633
Pantone5825 C
Pantone5825 CHex#746b2eRgb116 107 46Cmyk0 8 60 55Lab45 -5 35Darker#2c2811Deep#49431dLighter#a29647

Shades of dark olive green

Tints of dark olive green

Colors that go with dark olive green

Dark olive green in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 8, 60, 55.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #746b2e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 8 60 55
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 11 59 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.

Dark olive green in css

Copy #746b2e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #746b2e; }
.text { color: #746b2e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #746b2e; }

How dark olive green looks on light and dark

Dark olive green and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #746b2e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
5.41:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
3.89:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #746b2e against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Dark olive green on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #746b2e 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 dark olive green? Pull matching colors from any photo with the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn dark olive green into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #746b2e and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from dark olive green, free and print ready.

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How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #746b2e is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.