Olive drab

#809a00

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

Olive drab is a deep green that feels serious. Deep greens like this read established and premium. It works beside earthy oranges for contrast, or with other greens for a calm monochrome.

Olive drab color values

Every conversion for #809a00, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#809a00

RGB128, 154, 0

HSL70, 100%, 30%

HSV70, 100%, 60%

CMYK17%, 0%, 100%, 40%

Lab59.62, -26.29, 62.43

XYZ20.46, 27.7, 4.27

Decimal8428032

Web safe#999900

Pantone377 C

Shades of olive drab

#768e00 #6b8100 #617500 #576900 #4d5c00 #425000 #384400 #2e3700 #242b00 #191f00

Tints of olive drab

#9cbc00 #b8de00 #d4ff00 #dfff44 #e5ff66 #ebff88 #f1ffaa #f6ffcb #fcffed

Colors that go with olive drab

Complementary#1a009a Analogous#9a6700 Analogous#339a00 Triadic#00809a Triadic#9a0080 Split complementary#00339a Split complementary#67009a

Olive drab 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 17, 0, 100, 40.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #809a00 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

17 0 100 40

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

20 4 96 46

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 drab in css

Copy #809a00 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #809a00; }
.text { color: #809a00; }
.border { border: 2px solid #809a00; }

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 #809a00 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #809a00 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 #809a00 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 #809a00 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 #809a00 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.