Olive

#75690a

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 vivid. 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 #75690a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#75690a

RGB117, 105, 10

HSL53, 84%, 25%

HSV53, 91%, 46%

CMYK0%, 10%, 91%, 54%

Lab44.1, -5.17, 48.21

XYZ12.44, 13.91, 2.32

Decimal7694602

Web safe#666600

Pantone3995 C

Shades of olive

#6c6109 #635908 #5a5108 #514907 #494106 #403905 #373105 #2e2904 #252103 #1c1902

Tints of olive

#97870d #b8a510 #dac413 #ecd625 #efdc46 #f2e368 #f5e98a #f8efab #fbf6cd #fefcef

Colors that go with olive

Complementary#0a1675 Analogous#75340a Analogous#4b750a Triadic#0a7569 Triadic#690a75 Split complementary#0a4b75 Split complementary#330a75

Olive in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 0, 10, 91, 54.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #75690a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 10 91 54

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 13 88 60

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 #75690a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #75690a; }
.text { color: #75690a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #75690a; }

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 #75690a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #75690a 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 #75690a 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 #75690a 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 #75690a come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.