Olive drab

#808b3d

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

This is Olive drab, a soft yellow at 68 degrees. 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 drab color values

Every conversion for #808b3d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#808b3d

RGB128, 139, 61

HSL68, 39%, 39%

HSV68, 56%, 55%

CMYK8%, 0%, 56%, 45%

Lab55.47, -15.84, 39.71

XYZ18.98, 23.39, 7.93

Decimal8424253

Web safe#999933

Pantone5767 C

Shades of olive drab

#757f38 #6a7333 #5f682d #555c28 #4a5023 #3f441e #343919 #292d14 #1e210e #141509

Tints of olive drab

#939f46 #a4b250 #afbb64 #b9c479 #c4cd8d #cfd6a1 #d9dfb6 #e4e8ca #eef1de #f9faf3

Colors that go with olive drab

Complementary#483d8b Analogous#8b6f3d Analogous#598b3d Triadic#3d808b Triadic#8b3d80 Split complementary#3d598b Split complementary#6f3d8b

Olive drab in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 8, 0, 56, 45.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #808b3d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

8 0 56 45

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

11 4 56 51

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 drab in css

Copy #808b3d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #808b3d; }
.text { color: #808b3d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #808b3d; }

How olive drab looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Olive drab and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #808b3d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #808b3d against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Olive drab on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #808b3d sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around olive drab? 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 drab into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #808b3d 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 drab, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #808b3d are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.