Olive

#877f13

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 56 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 #877f13, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#877f13

RGB135, 127, 19

HSL56, 75%, 30%

HSV56, 86%, 53%

CMYK0%, 6%, 86%, 47%

Lab52.26, -8.71, 53.4

XYZ17.7, 20.38, 3.62

Decimal8879891

Web safe#996600

Pantone392 C

Shades of olive

#7c7511 #716b10 #67600e #5c560d #514c0b #46420a #3b3808 #302e07 #262305 #1b1904

Tints of olive

#a59b17 #c2b71b #e0d220 #e4d83d #e8de5b #ece479 #f0ea96 #f4f0b4 #f9f6d2 #fdfcef

Colors that go with olive

Complementary#131b87 Analogous#874513 Analogous#558713 Triadic#13877f Triadic#7f1387 Split complementary#135587 Split complementary#451387

Olive in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 0, 6, 86, 47.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #877f13 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 6 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Olive in css

Copy #877f13 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #877f13; }
.text { color: #877f13; }
.border { border: 2px solid #877f13; }

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 #877f13 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #877f13 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 #877f13 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 #877f13 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

Every value on this page for #877f13 is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.