Olive

#808a21

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 #808a21, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#808a21

RGB128, 138, 33

HSL66, 61%, 34%

HSV66, 76%, 54%

CMYK7%, 0%, 76%, 46%

Lab54.94, -17.26, 51.22

XYZ18.27, 22.88, 4.89

Decimal8423969

Web safe#999933

Pantone582 C

Shades of olive

#757f1e #6b731c #606819 #565d16 #4b5113 #414611 #363b0e #2c2f0b #212409 #171906

Tints of olive

#98a427 #b0be2d #c2d03b #cad655 #d2dd6f #dae389 #e2e9a3 #eaefbd #f2f5d7 #fbfcf1

Colors that go with olive

Complementary#2b218a Analogous#8a6021 Analogous#4b8a21 Triadic#21808a Triadic#8a2180 Split complementary#214b8a Split complementary#60218a

Olive in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 7, 0, 76, 46.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #808a21 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

7 0 76 46

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

10 4 74 52

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Olive in css

Copy #808a21 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #808a21; }
.text { color: #808a21; }
.border { border: 2px solid #808a21; }

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 #808a21 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #808a21 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Olive on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #808a21 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn olive into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #808a21 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

Every value on this page for #808a21 is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.