Olive

Olive color values

Every conversion for #856e2d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Shades of olive

Tints of olive

Colors that go with olive

Olive in print

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #856e2d on both.

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 in css

Copy #856e2d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #856e2d; }
.text { color: #856e2d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #856e2d; }

How olive looks on light and dark

Olive and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #856e2d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #856e2d 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 #856e2d sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

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 #856e2d and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

How we calculate these values