Olive

#877d13

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

This is Olive, a strong yellow at 55 degrees. Yellows like this read optimistic and energetic. Pair it with dark neutrals so it stays legible, or with violet for a high energy scheme.

Olive color values

Every conversion for #877d13, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#877d13

RGB135, 125, 19

HSL55, 75%, 30%

HSV55, 86%, 53%

CMYK0%, 7%, 86%, 47%

Lab51.68, -7.6, 52.92

XYZ17.44, 19.87, 3.53

Decimal8879379

Web safe#996600

Pantone620 C

Shades of olive

#7c7311 #716910 #675f0e #5c550d #514b0b #46410a #3b3708 #302d07 #262305 #1b1904

Tints of olive

#a59817 #c2b41b #e0cf20 #e4d53d #e8dc5b #ece279 #f0e996 #f4efb4 #f9f5d2 #fdfcef

Colors that go with olive

Complementary#131d87 Analogous#874313 Analogous#578713 Triadic#13877d Triadic#7d1387 Split complementary#135787 Split complementary#431387

Olive 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 0, 7, 86, 47.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #877d13 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 7 86 47

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 10 83 53

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

Olive in css

Copy #877d13 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #877d13; }
.text { color: #877d13; }
.border { border: 2px solid #877d13; }

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 #877d13 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #877d13 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Olive on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #877d13 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn olive into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #877d13 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 #877d13 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.