Olive drab

#86a123

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

This is Olive drab, a strong green at 73 degrees. 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 #86a123, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#86a123

RGB134, 161, 35

HSL73, 64%, 38%

HSV73, 78%, 63%

CMYK17%, 0%, 78%, 37%

Lab62.24, -26.19, 57.51

XYZ22.88, 30.68, 6.31

Decimal8823075

Web safe#999933

Pantone377 C

Shades of olive drab

#7b9320 #6f861d #64781a #596b17 #4d5d14 #424f11 #37420e #2c340b #202708 #151905

Tints of olive drab

#9ab928 #aed22e #b8d746 #c1dc5e #cbe177 #d4e78f #ddeca7 #e7f1c0 #f0f7d8 #f9fcf0

Colors that go with olive drab

Complementary#3e23a1 Analogous#a17d23 Analogous#47a123 Triadic#2386a1 Triadic#a12386 Split complementary#2347a1 Split complementary#7d23a1

Olive drab in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 17, 0, 78, 37.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #86a123 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

17 0 78 37

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

20 4 76 43

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Olive drab in css

Copy #86a123 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #86a123; }
.text { color: #86a123; }
.border { border: 2px solid #86a123; }

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 #86a123 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #86a123 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Olive drab on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #86a123 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn olive drab into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #86a123 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.

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How we calculate these values

The figures for #86a123 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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.