Olive

#878342

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

Olive is a deep yellow, rich at this saturation. 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 #878342, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#878342

RGB135, 131, 66

HSL57, 34%, 39%

HSV57, 51%, 53%

CMYK0%, 3%, 51%, 47%

Lab53.79, -8.0, 35.35

XYZ19.09, 21.78, 8.35

Decimal8880962

Web safe#999933

Pantone5767 C

Shades of olive

#7c783c #706d37 #656231 #59572c #4e4b26 #424020 #37351b #2b2a15 #201f10 #15140a

Tints of olive

#9b964c #ada857 #b6b26a #c0bc7e #c9c691 #d3d0a5 #dcdab8 #e6e5cc #f0efdf #f9f9f3

Colors that go with olive

Complementary#424687 Analogous#876042 Analogous#698742 Triadic#428783 Triadic#834287 Split complementary#426987 Split complementary#604287

Olive in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 3, 51, 47.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #878342 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 3 51 47

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 7 51 53

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 in css

Copy #878342 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #878342; }
.text { color: #878342; }
.border { border: 2px solid #878342; }

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 #878342 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #878342 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 #878342 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 #878342 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 #878342 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.