Olive

#79870b

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 #79870b, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#79870b

RGB121, 135, 11

HSL67, 85%, 29%

HSV67, 92%, 53%

CMYK10%, 0%, 92%, 47%

Lab53.4, -19.61, 55.62

XYZ16.61, 21.42, 3.58

Decimal7964427

Web safe#669900

Pantone582 C

Shades of olive

#6f7c0a #667209 #5c6708 #535c08 #495207 #404706 #363c05 #2c3204 #232703 #191c02

Tints of olive

#96a70e #b2c710 #cfe713 #d8ee2e #def14e #e4f36e #eaf68e #f0f8ae #f6fbce #fcfeee

Colors that go with olive

Complementary#190b87 Analogous#87570b Analogous#3b870b Triadic#0b7987 Triadic#870b79 Split complementary#0b3b87 Split complementary#570b87

Olive in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 10, 0, 92, 47.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #79870b on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

10 0 92 47

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

13 4 89 53

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #79870b straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #79870b; }
.text { color: #79870b; }
.border { border: 2px solid #79870b; }

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 #79870b against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #79870b 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 #79870b 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 #79870b 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 #79870b come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.