Olive

#856e30

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

Olive sits in the orange range, deep and soft. Oranges like this feel warm and approachable in branding. Teals and blues on the opposite side of the wheel give it contrast and warm browns keep it earthy.

Olive color values

Every conversion for #856e30, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#856e30

RGB133, 110, 48

HSL44, 47%, 35%

HSV44, 64%, 52%

CMYK0%, 17%, 64%, 48%

Lab47.43, 1.4, 37.18

XYZ15.78, 16.35, 5.12

Decimal8744496

Web safe#996633

Pantone4495 C

Shades of olive

#7a652c #6f5c28 #645324 #594920 #4e401c #433718 #382e14 #2d2510 #221c0c #161308

Tints of olive

#9c8138 #b39441 #c1a352 #c9af69 #d1bb80 #d9c796 #e2d3ad #eae0c4 #f2ecdb #faf8f2

Colors that go with olive

Complementary#304785 Analogous#854330 Analogous#728530 Triadic#30856e Triadic#6e3085 Split complementary#307285 Split complementary#433085

Olive in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 17, 64, 48.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #856e30 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 17 64 48

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 20 63 54

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 in css

Copy #856e30 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #856e30; }
.text { color: #856e30; }
.border { border: 2px solid #856e30; }

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 #856e30 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #856e30 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 #856e30 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 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 #856e30 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

Here is how the numbers for #856e30 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.