Olive drab

#83a949

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 green at 84 degrees. A mid green this grounded suits sustainability and outdoor brands. It works beside earthy oranges for contrast, or with other greens for a calm monochrome.

Olive drab color values

Every conversion for #83a949, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#83a949
RGB131, 169, 73
HSL84, 40%, 47%
HSV84, 57%, 66%
CMYK22%, 0%, 57%, 34%
Lab64.71, -28.6, 44.62
XYZ24.75, 33.68, 11.5
Decimal8628553
Web safe#999933
Pantone369 C
Pantone369 CHex#83a949Rgb131 169 73Cmyk22 0 57 34Lab65 -29 45Darker#36451eDeep#5c7733Lighter#a4c07a

Shades of olive drab

Tints of olive drab

Colors that go with olive drab

Olive drab in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 22, 0, 57, 34.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #83a949 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
22 0 57 34
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
24 4 56 40
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 #83a949 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #83a949; }
.text { color: #83a949; }
.border { border: 2px solid #83a949; }

How olive drab looks on light and dark

Olive drab and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #83a949 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
2.71:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
7.74:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #83a949 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 #83a949 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness 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 #83a949 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from olive drab, free and print ready.

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How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #83a949 is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.